Un post récent sur le blog collectif de Boing-Boing pourrait donner à réfléchir aux auteurs de textes de lois qui interdisent la copie et le P2P. En effet, malgré la grande vigilance de l'éditeur des versions du dernier Harry Potter circulent sur le Web et certains passionnés de magie ont réussi en une nuit à diffuser à travers le monde le dernier né de leur saga préféré soit en le photographiant page à page soit en proposant une traduction en un temps record. Des articles circulent pourtant qui affirment que la version diffusée n'est pas la bonne... Mais quoi qu'il en soit, la morale n'est-elle pas que rien ne peut être fait contre le fait que la passion donne envie de partager ?
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