J.K. Rowling Challenges Airport Security

British author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport
security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final
"Harry Potter" book as carryon baggage.
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http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...34012&GT1=7701

But a non-famous person carrying a hand-written manuscript would
have been denied.

vermillion wrote:

British author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport
security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final
"Harry Potter" book as carryon baggage.
.....
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...34012&GT1=7701

But a non-famous person carrying a hand-written manuscript would
have been denied.


Why not just scan it and send it electronically?

A non-famous person's hand-written manuscript wouldn't be as valuable.
Do you think Mona Lisa would have traveled in checked baggage, if the
artist had wanted to fly. Oh, wait..... he DID want to fly... check out
his sketches.

"vermillion" wrote in message
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British author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport
security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final
"Harry Potter" book as carryon baggage.
.....
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...34012&GT1=7701

But a non-famous person carrying a hand-written manuscript would
have been denied.

Well her being famous makes her known to the screeners, meaning she is no
threat.
The point of security is to protect from unknown persons, once they are
known they arent much of a threat anymore.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:40:29 GMT, mrtravel
wrote:

vermillion wrote:

British author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport
security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final
"Harry Potter" book as carryon baggage.
.....
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...34012&GT1=7701


Is it just on flights to England that books aren't allowed? I drove
a friend and her little boy to the local Canadian airport last week
and their books made it through, although not their water bottles or
sunscreen.

Chris

wrote:

vermillion wrote:

British author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport
security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final
"Harry Potter" book as carryon baggage.
.....
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...34012&GT1=7701


Is it just on flights to England that books aren't allowed? I drove
a friend and her little boy to the local Canadian airport last week
and their books made it through, although not their water bottles or
sunscreen.

The restriction on books, in fact any carry-on item, was only in place on
flights between the UK and the US for a short time after the scare. It has
since been rescinded.

Is it just on flights to England that books aren't allowed? I drove
a friend and her little boy to the local Canadian airport last week
and their books made it through, although not their water bottles or
sunscreen.

I suspect she got hit with a triple whammy. First, she is traveling
to the UK. Second, she was leaving from NY, the worst possible
place from a security point of view (along with Boston and DC).
And third, her manuscript was probably rather large.

vermillion wrote:

Is it just on flights to England that books aren't allowed? I drove
a friend and her little boy to the local Canadian airport last week
and their books made it through, although not their water bottles or
sunscreen.


I suspect she got hit with a triple whammy. First, she is traveling
to the UK. Second, she was leaving from NY, the worst possible
place from a security point of view (along with Boston and DC).
And third, her manuscript was probably rather large.


Was there a fear it would be used as a weapon?
What was the nonsense about in banning books? Were they afraid a cup of
Starbucks might be hidden inside? The terrorists are winning at making
us afraid of everything.

vermillion wrote:

Why not just scan it and send it electronically?

I agree. Most writers these days use digital media. Why on earth
she'd lug a big manuscript around when she could have made multiple
copies is beyond me. She coulda put it on a disk, snail-mailed one,
put one in her checked luggage, kept another one at home in case the
others get lost, sent it by e-mail, etc. There seems to be more to
this story than we're bein told.

zorba wrote:
vermillion wrote:

Why not just scan it and send it electronically?


I agree. Most writers these days use digital media. Why on earth
she'd lug a big manuscript around when she could have made multiple
copies is beyond me. She coulda put it on a disk, snail-mailed one,
put one in her checked luggage, kept another one at home in case the
others get lost, sent it by e-mail, etc. There seems to be more to
this story than we're bein told.


Yeah. She claimed parts of it were handwritten and unique.
...sounds pretty risky to me.

On 14 Sep 2006 21:02:32 -0700, "zorba" wrote:

vermillion wrote:

Why not just scan it and send it electronically?

I agree. Most writers these days use digital media.

But most writers have not had the huge success
that she has enjoyed.