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  • That's easy.

    If you want to continue enjoying Potter related things, pirate the fuck out of it.

    • Or just don't. Accept that it was created by the figurehead of a widespread bigoted movement and move on. I read the series over 10 times. Read the 5th 6th and 7th books on release dates when I was a child. I discovered aspects of my identity through the Fandom. It far and away is the series I read as a kid that had the largest impact on me... well there were others that were close but still.

      Haven't touched any of it in half a decade. I never will again either. I'm not invested in the creations of people who cause harm to me and those I love. I have no interest in anything produced by people who would bring mass violent harm against my community. I accept the influence it had on me but I let go of it and moved on. I dont believe that anyone is incapable of that, genuinely. There are other better things out there that weren't made by fascists.

      • I like harry potter. There are people out there judging me for doing so. to that i say, fuck off.

        I am capable or separating art from the artist, something a lot of people really need to learn to do.

      • That's great for you.

        But for people that want to continue enjoying it, that's not a viable route.

        And, like I said to a different comment, that's pretty much reiterating the post that I was responding to. And that's fine for what it is, but it's such a pointless thing to make as a response to a suggestion of piracy that works fun a base assumption that there are people that won't just throw away their existing books and movies, and jump on a boycott.

        Like, your opinion is valid and all, it just wasn't useful as a response to my suggestion

    • I read an interview with someone at Adobe a long time ago that talked about how they knew very well Photoshop was the most pirated software on the planet at the time and in fact they even did their best to track how much it was pirated and factored that in to their estimation of prevalence and reach.

      I'd be surprised if the publishing industry doesn't do something similar in order to get an idea of just how popular a title and/or author is, which will of course factor in to any decision to keep publishing new work by an author and thus make them all more money.

    • Or grow out of it altogether. Plenty of much better alternatives.

      • You do understand that you're just repeating what was in the post that I was responding to, right?

        You basically just said "nuh-uh" and said the same thing over again.

        Which you can feel free to do, it just doesn't make any sense.

      • No, Rowling has very careful contracts where she gets royalties from all HP related things.

      • You are incorrect

        https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-making-money-hogwarts-legacy-what-we-know-1777087

      • She makes money from the popularity of her IP, whether or not she makes money from any individual title. The success of that game makes her money, because it tells studios that it is profitable to make Potter content, and that will make her money.

        So no, do not purchase her stuff, because she will explicitly use her profits from her IP to actively target and hurt trans folk.

        This isn't hypothetical. It's not multiple steps removed. It's not "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism". This is someone who is explicitly using her money to hurt vulnerable people, so you do not give her more money or encourage others to.

        Ever.

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