Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass

Slate has a piece about Harry Potter and copyright worldwide that is a disguised call for copyright reform. Well written, well argued, extremely good argument, won't be picked up anywhere else.

hehe

[Graspee_Leemoor]

" In something of a departure, Harry's Belarussian clone wields a grenade launcher and re-fights the White Russian wars"

Now that's a Harry Potter I can identify with more!

graspee

Re:hehe

[Rinikusu]

Actually, with the typical /.'ers tastes in mind, I was thinking something along the lines of "Hairy Pussy and the Double Dong"..
But maybe I've just been watching too much pr0n on the itarweb.

Nice advert at the bottom of the article

[Richard_at_work]

"Amazon.com: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - $19.99"

I think I like the Chinese version better.

[mikeophile]

Harry Potter and Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon, in which Harry encountered sweet and sour rain, became a hairy troll, and joined Gandalf to re-enact scenes from The Hobbit.

Pretty much sums up memories of playing Dungeons & Dragons on a weekend in high school.

In other news...

[mikeophile]

Picking up news stories declared as copyright violations.

Re:Put A Gun To My Head

[eidechse]

I'm afraid those words in that order are property of 20th Century Fox...sir.

Do something!

[Admiral Burrito]

This is just stupid. Clearly, something needs to be done about copyright laws. Save Tanya Grotter!

I encourage you all to email, fax, or snail-mail your WTO representative and have them raise this important issue at their next meeting.

Remember, we live in a democracy, and policy makers are there to represent the people, not just wealthy business interests. Contact your WTO representative now!

Hypocrisy

[BenjyD]

JK Rowling trying to prevent people stealing her ideas? Harry Potter is the most derivative piece of fiction I've seen. I mean 'the Dark Side', kid with unknown Force/magical powers living with his aunt/uncle who happens to be really good on an x-wing/broomstick. If Voldemort turns out to be Harry's father, George Lucas should sue.

Huh?

[Forkenhoppen]

Where are all of the "In Soviet Russia" jokes? You'd think a story like this'd be just loaded with them..

Re:I'm waiting for the first PrOn knockoff

[Anonymous Coward]

or 'Anabolic Productions' Griffendor Gangbang #5' ,Harry's first DVDA shot.....

Riding a Double Bass.

[jellomizer]

I cant think of any instrument more painful to ride then a flying double bass. Sitting on the strings, Painful. On the Back there is noting good to hold on to. Oh You definitely don't want to sit on the pin on the bottom I guess the side may be the best place. But with the strings on it you would sit on it crooked, the bridge is about 7" and the neck will be at an angle when you grab it. I think I will wait for the flying Harp or the Flying Piano-Forte, The Flying Tuba may make be good. I think a Flying Cello may work a bit better. But a Double Bass No Way, Ill just stick to playing it.

Re:aren't these just parodies

[ThePatrioticFuck]

"Tanya Grotter" is clearly trying to ride the coat tails of the Harry Potter hype. Tanya Grotter appears to be somewhat derivative of Harry Potter.

Hang on a sec, is this article about Harry Potter or SCO/Linux? Cuz I coulda swore I've read that line before :)

TPF

Re:Huh?

[bj8rn]

There's this one [slashdot.org] (an obvious one, though quite clever for an "in Soviet Russia" joke). Didn't see any more, though, so I'll throw in some myself:

In Soviet Russia, Harry Potter writes books about YOU!
In Soviet Russia, the copyrights are owned by YOU!

And last, but not least: In Soviet Russia, "In Soviet Russia" jokes are on YOU!

*Still waiting for "Harry Potsmoker and the Stoned Philosopher"*

Who wrote this insightful story..

[todu]

..one might wonder. At least I did. So I looked at the url and got a shock:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2084960/

Microsoft? Don't they have automatic filters to ban these kind of dangerous articles/ideas?