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Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by rms »

jerf wrote: post #5
jbellis wrote: post #2

This makes me think that it's a shame we'll never have a modern equivalent of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, because nothing new will ever enter the public domain after the 1998 copyright act.

Good news! For you! Maybe less good for others! http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/ -> "we currently hold over 60,000 stories" The search page must truly be seen to be believed: http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/storytype.php Metadata search as you've never seen it before! Sturgeon's law is in full effect, of course, but don't forget its fuzzy-logic contrapositive: 10% of everything isn't crap. I can't say I've…

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality! I posit that it is the best Harry Potter fanfiction of all time.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_M...

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by blasdel »

wisty wrote: post #7
jerf wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good news! For you! Maybe less good for others! http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/ -> "we currently hold over 60,000 stories" The search page must truly be seen to be believed: http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/storytype.php Metadata search as you've never seen it before! Sturgeon's law is in full effect, of course, but don't forget its fuzzy-logic contrapositive: 10% of everything isn't crap. I can't say I've…

Yet we all think Apple's App store policies are draconian. Besides, it's not about copyright. It's about trade marks being expanded to include characters. I'm cool with trade marks (I wouldn't want to buy a book by JK Rowlings if it was actually written by Umberto Eco), but re-using characters doesn't seem so bad.

> I wouldn't want to buy a book by JK Rowlings if it was actually written by Umberto Eco

What. How could you have the capability to conceive of that, yet not want eagerly to read it?

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by hernan7 »

jerf wrote: post #5
jbellis wrote: post #2

This makes me think that it's a shame we'll never have a modern equivalent of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, because nothing new will ever enter the public domain after the 1998 copyright act.

Good news! For you! Maybe less good for others! http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/ -> "we currently hold over 60,000 stories" The search page must truly be seen to be believed: http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/storytype.php Metadata search as you've never seen it before! Sturgeon's law is in full effect, of course, but don't forget its fuzzy-logic contrapositive: 10% of everything isn't crap. I can't say I've…

I'm not sure about that Sturgeon's contrapositive... Are you sure that there is a 10% of, say, Goregrind or telenovelas or vampire romance that is not crap?

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by joeycfan »

rms wrote: post #11
jerf wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good news! For you! Maybe less good for others! http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/ -> "we currently hold over 60,000 stories" The search page must truly be seen to be believed: http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/storytype.php Metadata search as you've never seen it before! Sturgeon's law is in full effect, of course, but don't forget its fuzzy-logic contrapositive: 10% of everything isn't crap. I can't say I've…

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality! I posit that it is the best Harry Potter fanfiction of all time. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_M...

I read it and you are right. Good call and thanks!

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by hristov »

So in China somebody actually gets paid for writing fanfiction.

I have to say I like the guy that just printed the lord of the rings with the names of the main characters changed to harry potter characters. He truly understands how the global economy works. He is like one of those contractors that charge you 1000 hours worth of work for dirt cheap price, and you think you are getting a great deal until you realise they delivered some GPLd software with the license terms removed and the file names changed.

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

#17

Post by wisty »

blasdel wrote: post #12
wisty wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yet we all think Apple's App store policies are draconian. Besides, it's not about copyright. It's about trade marks being expanded to include characters. I'm cool with trade marks (I wouldn't want to buy a book by JK Rowlings if it was actually written by Umberto Eco), but re-using characters doesn't seem so bad.

> I wouldn't want to buy a book by JK Rowlings if it was actually written by Umberto Eco What. How could you have the capability to conceive of that, yet not want eagerly to read it?

I should have said "or vice versa".

JKR is better than Umberto Eco in some ways. You don't have to think much (you just know that most of the twists at the end will be some sucker-punch magical tricks that you never even heard of), and her early stuff was like Roald Dahl. I wouldn't read Harry Potter and The Name of the Pendulum unless I had a lot of time on my hands.

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by ern »

thenbrent wrote: post #8

I lived with a guy who downloaded "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" as a PDF about two months before the book's actual release. He read all 600 pages, then said it was probably fake, but still a great read.

Something similar happened to me: a few years ago, I downloaded "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", and almost read the whole thing before I realized it was fake (the fake book said that Dudley died, and I remembered reading somewhere that it was another character who was killed off).

There was a fair amount of sex in the book, but I assumed that JK was adjusting for the kids' growing up. I have never actually gotten around to reading the real thing.

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by memetichazard »

rms wrote: post #11
jerf wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good news! For you! Maybe less good for others! http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/ -> "we currently hold over 60,000 stories" The search page must truly be seen to be believed: http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/storytype.php Metadata search as you've never seen it before! Sturgeon's law is in full effect, of course, but don't forget its fuzzy-logic contrapositive: 10% of everything isn't crap. I can't say I've…

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality! I posit that it is the best Harry Potter fanfiction of all time. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_M...

As much as I like that story, it doesn't seem to be quite as well received outside the HN/Reddit communities. Most people don't really enjoy/understand the concepts that much (or disagree with their use), and categorize it as crack (typically short fanfiction that contains amusing or interesting concept but lacks the depth or structure to qualify as being good fiction).

Re: Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China

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Post by lpr4 »

rms wrote: post #11
jerf wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good news! For you! Maybe less good for others! http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/ -> "we currently hold over 60,000 stories" The search page must truly be seen to be believed: http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/storytype.php Metadata search as you've never seen it before! Sturgeon's law is in full effect, of course, but don't forget its fuzzy-logic contrapositive: 10% of everything isn't crap. I can't say I've…

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality! I posit that it is the best Harry Potter fanfiction of all time. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_M...

I really liked how Harry Potter tried to prove P=NP. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/17/Harry_Potter_and_the_...
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