Fake Harry Potter in China!

[cmisker]

I read this in the newspaper this morning (translated from Dutch):
Even for the Chinese copying industry, this is a new thing: The 5th part of the Harry Potter series is out in China! It is a fake Harry Potter, because the real 5th part doesn't exist outside the author's (J.K. Rowling) head. The author is still working on the book.
The fake book is called "Harry Potter and the leopard who walks towards the dragon". Everything in the book makes it seem like it's just a regular Chinese translation of a original book.
The publisher of the real books is quite angry. The police warns booksellers that they risk a high fine.

:) Cool. Sorry that I don't have a link to CNN or something, but... I'm sure someone will find one. :)

[Rocker]

they make heaps of fake stuff in china

they do the same with translations of popular western CD's

[GoldenSphynx]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/film/newsid_2092000/2092661.stm
Found one.:)
Heh, they dont care as long they are making money, but boy are they gonna have a price to pay!:eek:

[Scar Da Kookee]

Memo to the World: People Are dumb, a person is smart.

Dont copy shit becuase people are gulible enough to beleive things are true. Its a sad, sad world out there...

[Scar Da Kookee]

burning is still cool :p

[cmisker]

Originally posted by GoldenSphynx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/film/newsid_2092000/2092661.stm
Found one.:)
Heh, they dont care as long they are making money, but boy are they gonna have a price to pay!:eek:
Thanks. :)

Yeah.. they copy everything in China, but this is the first time they did something like this with a book! :) Cool stuff.

[Trigear]

i'm interested in reading this just to see what it's like :)

[whiteflip]

when harry potter open in theaters in america my friend went down to the theaters dressed as guess who! little kids loved it. the police didnt. if kids like the book why not let the poor starving chinese capitalist make a buck?