Harry Potter BitTorrent Fake Upsets J.K. Rowling Fan
Written by enigmax on April 21, 2007Getting a pre-release item via P2P can be an exciting experience for some file-sharers. Unfortunately, BitTorrent users hoping to snare a leaked copy of the final book in the Harry Potter series haven’t been getting quite what they’d hoped for.
Files being distributed via BitTorrent and purporting to be a copy of the final book in J.K Rowling’s series were not leaked copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” but a piece of Potter fan fiction called “The Seventh Horcrux”, written by Melindaleo.
Melindaleo, a dedicated fan to the end, gives her work away for free on the internet. However, she denies that she had anything to do with the renaming of the .torrent files that gave quite a bit of extra publicity for her work.
Melindaleo, worried that she could have inadvertently given her community a bad name, said “I got nervous that I’d be jinxing the whole fanfic writing thing for everyone”. She also showed concern that she may attract the attention of Rowling’s lawyers, something that uploaders of this particular torrent won’t have to be concerned about.
Back in 2004, J.K. Rowling gave her blessing to fans who wanted to write their own Harry Potter books and put them online. A spokesman said she was “flattered people wanted to write their own stories” based on her characters.
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100% she did on her own (or with help of friends) for publicity of her work.
100% she didn’t. There are dozens of these fakes out there which are just renamed copies (bad copy and paste jobs, too) of fanfics.
[quote comment="88328"]100% she didn’t. There are dozens of these fakes out there which are just renamed copies (bad copy and paste jobs, too) of fanfics.[/quote]
true there are dozen of fake files but why using her work? that the question . cause most fake files either contain virus or just computer books(that u easy to get) or some rubbish content . it won’t be a big new news if the content is just a virus.
It was Voldemort. Will he stop at nothing?
it’s shouldn’t make any difference..
noone in their right mind over the age of 15 should care about any of this harry potter drivel.. get a life
“it’s shouldn’t make any difference..
noone in their right mind over the age of 15 should care about any of this harry potter drivel.. get a life”
Yeah, you’re not a hypocrite or anything…you’re also looking at this and commenting. Don’t knock other people when you’re just as pathetic
Who leaked the fanfiction???My god for a moment i thoght its true but then I read it and found out that it was not written in J.K.R style
wow all of the people that dont know what efforet it took to write a book, the stress, or love into it shouldn’t comment. because JK rowling and her books aren’t just words on a page but meaning into life! and she started that hard work at age 6 incase know one knew that. i mean i am not a harrypotter freak but i acknolage her hard work. and for all those people who hate her, and comment stupid stuff about her, shouldn’t be on this website but what all those people forgot is all that hard work payed off because those rude people that commented bad stuff about jk rowling must of forgot jw rowling is a billionare! for her stupid books right? no for her love of writing, so think twice about jk rowling. and her books are amazing!oh and for the people who said “get a life” must not have a pretty good one. because they dont know how to deal with the stress of anything, ecxpecully writing. so “get a life” people jk rowlings books got her the best life ever! and it didnt come from i think i feel like being a billionare today… she was lossing money and her family was poor and now she owns a real castle! so now who needs a life! i wish i could write like j.k.r. she has a wonderful style of writing. and thats the truth!!!
i love JKR so much. i owe her my grammar and my vocabulary.. she’s the best writer ever… those people who hate her are just insecure. JKR has pure talent which they dont have. JKR , changed
my life and made me more optimistic. and most of all she made the greatest character ever “harry potter”, he means so much to me, or daniel radcliffe just tobe exact. he’s just perfect for the role. i hope rowling makes other books too. orjust continue a bit of the harry potter series, like what happens next after harry and jinny had three kids. or if voldemort has a son… joke… you knoe something like that… im gonna miss the “feeling of anticipating the next book to come out…” i love you JKR. i love you daniel.. i mean harry…
i love JKR so much. i owe her my grammar and my vocabulary.. she’s the best writer ever… those people who hate her are just insecure. JKR has pure talent which they dont have. JKR , changed
my life and made me more optimistic. and most of all she made the greatest character ever “harry potter”, he means so much to me, or daniel radcliffe just tobe exact. he’s just perfect for the role. i hope rowling makes other books too. or just continue a bit of the harry potter series, like what happens next after harry and jinny had three kids. or if voldemort has a son… joke… you knoe something like that… im gonna miss the “feeling of anticipating the next book to come out…” i love you JKR. i love you daniel.. i mean harry…
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