Scholastic hat geschrieben:Scholastic has recently learned that some individuals have received copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows through the mail , beginning on Tuesday, July 17th, as a result of a breach of the on-sale agreement by the distributor, Levy Home Entertainment, and shipments made by DeepDiscount.com, a customer of that distributor. We are taking immediate legal action against DeepDiscount.com and Levy Home Entertainment. The number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies to go on sale at 12:01 am on July 21st.

We are also making a direct appeal to the Harry Potter fans who bought their books from DeepDiscount.com and may receive copies early requesting that they keep the packages hidden until midnight on July 21st.

Scholastic is especially grateful to the other retailers and distributors for their careful attention to keeping the books secure until the release time and for planning thousands of spectacular midnight parties where fans will celebrate together. And we ask everyone, especially the media, to preserve the fun and excitement for fans everywhere.

The fans themselves have made it abundantly clear that they are looking forward to going to the midnight parties, receiving their very own copy of the book and finally getting to read the book they have so anxiously awaited.

JKR hat geschrieben:We are almost there! As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day. In a very short time you will know EVERYTHING!

Bloomsbury hat geschrieben:Bloomsbury Publishing, originating publisher of Harry Potter, was extremely dismayed to learn last night about early sales in America of a small number of copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows prior to the UK, US and worldwide embargo time agreed with retailers, suppliers, and all third parties involved of 00.01AM British Summer Time on Saturday July 21st 2007.

We are aware of some speculation in the media that internet “spoilers” purporting to be extracts from the book have come from the few early copies sold. We confirm that this is not true as is clear from the press release of July 18th issued by Scholastic Inc, the US publisher of Harry Potter. The “spoilers” remain unauthenticated.

The release date and time embargo of 00.01AM BST on Saturday July 21st is being enforced unflinchingly and without exception by the publishers. We confirm that all Bloomsbury’s customers in 93 countries worldwide are robustly supporting this embargo time to ensure secrecy for the children and adult readers of Harry Potter.

We would like to thank our customers and suppliers again for their full support given in so many different ways. We would also like to thank the worldwide media for their own observance of, and strict policing of, the embargo to preserve the secrecy of the plot for the readers of Harry Potter.

JK Rowling said at 1pm today, ‘I am staggered that American newspapers have decided to publish purported spoilers in the form of reviews in complete disregard of the wishes of literally millions of readers, particularly children, who wanted to reach Harry’s final destination by themselves, in their own time. I am incredibly grateful to all those newspapers, booksellers and others who have chosen not to attempt to spoil Harry’s last adventure for fans.’

Harrik hat geschrieben:gantz ok? es ist catastrophal, da kann man mir nochneteinmal erzählen das war farlässig, das klingt nach purer absicht kombinirt mit dummheit für mich!

I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book[...]

Ronni hat geschrieben:Eins ist klar - die Verantwortlichen der beiden Unternehmen werden das für den Rest ihres gesamten Lebens bereuen. Und wenn die Strafe im Endeffekt zu mild wird (was ich nicht glaube), dann besorgen wir uns alle die Adresse und schreiben ihnen Hassbriefe

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Narcissa Malfoy hat geschrieben:Klar wissen in ein paar Tagen die meisten Fans was in dem Buch passiert, aber es geht einfach um das Prinzip, das es einen VÖ-Termin gibt, den die nicht eingehalten haben. Ist das gleiche als wenn das neue Album von Schlag mich tot wem eine Wocher vorher im Internet auftaucht. Okay, das mit HP find ich jetzt schlimmer, weil sie so Millionen von Menschen den Spaß am lesen nehmen, vor allem denen, die jetzt vielleicht wirklich von Anfang an (also als das erste Buch gerade mal draußen war) Fans sind.

Was anderes war es vielleicht noch, als bei Band 6 ein Obsthändler oder was das war schon ein Buch verkauft hat, weil er nicht wusste, dass das Buch noch nicht erschienen ist, aber bei so einem Unternehmen find ich es unverantwortentlich und ich hoff, das sie dafür eine saftige Strafe aufgebrummt bekommen

Victor Krum hat geschrieben:Eine weitere Lücke ist aufgetreten - die Zeitung "New York Times" hat eine Review mit etlichen Spoilern veröffentlicht. Das Buch, das die Grundlage der Review bildet, wurde in einem nicht genannten Buchladen erstanden.
Dem Vorbild folgend, haben weitere amerikanische Zeitungen es genauso gemacht.

Dazu gibt es eine offizielle Erklärung des britischen Verlags Bloomsbury mit einem Kommentar von JKR:

Bloomsbury hat geschrieben:JK Rowling said at 1pm today, ‘I am staggered that American newspapers have decided to publish purported spoilers in the form of reviews in complete disregard of the wishes of literally millions of readers, particularly children, who wanted to reach Harry’s final destination by themselves, in their own time. I am incredibly grateful to all those newspapers, booksellers and others who have chosen not to attempt to spoil Harry’s last adventure for fans.’