5 sets of Lockhart's book? and WW economy

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No: HPFGUIDX 113989

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> 
wrote:
>(Snip)  
> It would be rather handy if you were a WW librarian though,
wouldn't it,
> especially given the the kind of attrition that popular books get in
> libraries. Or the fact that very ancient books would be long since
out of
> print but might need a pristine copy producing.
> 
> Maybe Irma Pince knows a "Librarian's Copy" spell that would allow
her to
> make extra copies.

Sue:
Hmm, seems to me that what the WW needs is access to the Internet and 
Project Gutenberg... ;-)
> 
> Maybe (mind working even more wildly now) books have (or can have)
> protections built in against that sort of thing and attempts by the
amateur
> bibliophile to copy them would lead to very unpleasant consequences!
> 
Sue:

Chuckle! The mind boggles ... as a writer AND a librarian, I can't
help thinking 
of the possibilities involved in having copy protection spells. I
keep a copy of 
the Copyright Act over the photocopier in my library and explain
about it and 
students STILL try photocopying entire books. What bliss it would be
not 
having to bother because they physically couldn't photocopy more than
10% !