[HPFGU-OTChatter] Potter Slash: Rowling speaks...through her lawyers.

[heiditandy]

Milz wrote: 
> 
> http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=13492003
> 
> Big disclaimer about me: I don't read fanfic because I'd rather read 
> the original author's character and plot development especially in an 
> evolving series like Potter. Also, I don't have a problem with fanfic 
> writers or fanfic fans: to each his own.
> 

Just a little clarification - this article was posted to The Scotsman
well over a week ago, and so far, the only HP fanfic site to get a
letter from Rowling's lawyers was RestrictedSection.org, which hosts
both NC-17 stories with heterosexual couples (harry/hermione,
lily/james, ron/hermione) and gay couples (remus/sirius, harry/draco),
as well as fics that are NC17 because of violence, and which contain no
sexual content at all. 

Further, their concern was not that the fics were being written or
shared, but that they were being shared in a medium that kids would be
able to access - even though RS.org has a *Do Not Enter If You're Under
18* page that you have to click past, the law firm seemed to think that
this would encourage kids under 18 to go on and read. 


heidi