Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 13:36:12 -0500 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Harry Potter & His Legal Team Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> News from the UK: Bloomsbury 'firm' over next Harry Potter Bloomsbury has threatened to impose tough sanctions on booksellers who break the strict sales embargo on "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". In a contract which must be signed by all companies handling = the book in advance of publication, Bloomsbury threatens copyright proceedings= against anyone who discloses the contents of the book to a third party, = or who sells it before 12:01 a.m. on the official on-sale date (Saturday, 21st June).