More

Entire Harry Potter Book Hits The Web

First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:10 PM ET

Tech Crunch:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, the latest and last of the wildly popular Harry Potter books that is due to go on sale this weekend, has hit BitTorrent. Various torrents of the novel consist of photographed pages (as above) with reading quality that isn't perfect, but for desperate fans readable enough. Whilst the validity of the hype surrounding Harry Potter may be subject to debate, what the leaking of the book does demonstrate is that the days of the mainstream media and publishers strictly controlling the dissemination of information has well and truly past; simply where there is a fan with a will, there is a way.

Read the whole story: Tech Crunch

FOLLOW HUFFPOST ENTERTAINMENT

Filed by Katherine Thomson  | 
 
 



Comments for this entry are currently under maintenance but will be restored soon.