Lawyer for Publishing Industry: 'There is No Human Right to Read.'

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This is in regards to the new Harry Potter book and the slip-up in Canada. I urge you all not to buy this book. If you want to cut to the chase or just don't give a hell about this silly book, click right here (spoiler warning). Instead, get on the waiting list at your local library if Potter is your thing. Reading *is* a human right.

British lawyers described the injunction as “unfair and excessive” but added that the reader did not have a right in law to read the book. Korieh Duodu, a media lawyer for David Price Solicitors and Advocates, said: “I have never heard of such a wide-ranging order. One sympathises with the reader from a non-legal point of view, but property rights often trump civil liberties. There is no human right to read.”

Here is the original story: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1691805,00.html

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1. Far Right Ideology defends Harry Potter?

After saying it was witchcraft for so long?

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2. Why do you think this is a 'cursed book'?

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3. Just a random adjective... because it's just so ubiquitous and annoying...

Edited to pick a better word. n/t