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Once again, we have a fan acting like an idiot. I’m pretty sure if he just put a big, bold disclaimer at the top it would be obvious to everyone that this was fanfic, and his problems would be solved. Duh.

_{Wonder how long til the RDR trolls show up…}

Pretty impressive so far!

i think this will be a brilliant piece of fanfiction…as long as he stays un-paid i see no problem…

As long as he puts up lots of disclaimers about how this is clearly nothing more than fan fic, he should be right, shouldn’t he? I don’t think I can deal with yet another lawsuit.

All I know is that the website he made is amazing so I am definitely sticking around to read it!

The website is great, but there are probably about a ton of copyright infringement issues…I would love to read the “book” – I miss the excitement of the series, and fan fiction has really died off quite a bit since July. It would be nice to have something to look forward to again. I’m sure that’s just what he’s after – bringing back some excitement. But he needs a disclaimer!! Please, oh please, not another lawsuit!

He does have a disclaimer! The second password has a WWW fireworks that have a HUGE disclaimer and he says he will take down the site if they want him to!

Check out the entire site first people XD I already found all three passwords.

Oh I’m sure he’s nice enough and I’m really interested in reading his work. I just think it’s stupid not to have a disclaimer right on the front page where it’s easily visible – because the site was obviously misleading a lot of people. I mean we all know that Jo has no problem with fanfiction, and I think if this guy makes it OBVIOUS on his website that that’s what this is that everything should be fine.

I don’t see why Jo is threatening legal action—Isn’t this technically just a fanfic? If he posts a disclaimer, I see no reason why Jo would or could take any kind of action against Mr. Lippert. I for one can’t wait to read this thing.

The only reason I could see Jo taking legal action is if she actually intended to write a sequel to the series…which I think most of us would welcome very much :)

I don’t think Jo was considering Legal Action, just probably WB because of the trailer. It had the WB music and style. Jo hasn’t had a problem with fan fiction.

There is a disclaimer so I don’t see how JKR can get pissed about this, it seems to me that all it is is fanfiction that is actually worth reading. I love HP fanfiction and I feel like if she took action against this one she would have to against all fanfiction. There are thousands of HP stories on FF.net that have been up for years. JKR should be happy, not only did her books encourage kids to read but to write as well. I personally have written HP stories and I always hated to write before. It is just fun! This guy isn’t doing it for money or anything, just for his kids. How can legal action be taken? I’m sorry but that is just ridiculous. If I don’t get to read this story because the poor guy gets sued I am going to be really really mad.

There is a disclaimer at the bottom of the page that is linked from Leaky. Maybe he should move it up to the top and make it a bit larger just to make sure everyone sees it.

I think part of the problem is that the disclaimer should be upfront. Not after a password or something.

They can’t do anything to him, He isn’t charging anything for it, it’s just fanfic.

right?

There is a disclaimer and it actually is just like the one here on leaky.

Actually they could. Fanfic is not precisely legal.

Will they? They might ask him to change the site so it doesn’t look official (it is somewhat misleading and does look real, otherwise the question as to whether this is a hoax or not wouldn’t have existed in the first place), but they’re not going to prohibit him from posting his fanfic on the internet.

And if they do ask him to change the site, it’s WB’s territory. Their logo, their music. Just like the Hogwarts Castle in India. Don’t scapegoat JKR.

Not very good with guessing the passwords…

Wikipedia to the rescue. The site is pretty fun.

I think JKR should sue him. It does not matter that it’s only fanfic, and he isn’t getting any money, she should still sue him because it’s a great way for her to get some more money. The more people she sues, the better, I think. It’s her idea, so whoever uses it should all have to pay including all the fanfic people, fan artists, people who write essays about characters, even fan websites should be made to give her some money for posting stuff related to her work. It’s only fair.

JKR is the greatest!