Amph [Harry Potter thread] Pottermore to finally open to the public!

As you all know, I'm not the greatest fan of Rowling, but I did want to recommend this news report to you. It's a broader discussion of the publishing industry, a thoughtful look at the consequences of deregulating vertical integration, and has particular insight about Amazon's abusive business practices. After hearing it, I certainly won't be shopping there in the future.

Anyway, though, Pottermore gets favorable mention. Apparently, they've chosen to protect their copyright by only watermarking the files people download. That is, there's absolutely nothing to keep you from copying the file, or sharing it, or moving it around to as many different platforms or devices as you want. However, there are unique identifiers that make it traceable back to the original purchaser, so if you upload it onto a torrent, they will easily know it was you. I think this is a great compromise that expands consumer options, avoids the damage to systems that other copyright protection software can cause, but at the same time lets authors protect themselves. I commend Rowling's people for coming up with this, and hope other major publishers follow suit.

I'm trying to work out - based on that post - which house you would be in.

I believe Jabba-wocky would be in Hufflepuff.

A who?

This is my user name. "RuneStar21531" I wonder if I can change it later.

You can't.

MidnightLeviosa6918

*dances* The hat sorted me into Gryffindor!

My wand: 14 1/2 inches long, Yew, Unicorn core, and surprisingly swishy.

Hey. Just joined earlier today.

My info in case you guys are interested:
Name- CharmAuror771
Wand- Unicorn Hair, Alder, 10 inches, unyielding
House- Ravenclaw

Oh, and I bought a black cat. Not an owl.

I wasn't surprised in the least that I ended up in Ravenclaw. I wouldn't have minded Gryffindor, but I knew it would almost certainly be the eagle and not the lion. Slytherin was an outside chance. No way was I ever going to end up in Hufflepuff.

Double post since I can't edit anymore: I just sent everyone who gave a username a friend request.

I did the same. I like that we can add nicknames to added friends. Now you all appear as your JC names

I did the same, but apparently your name has too many characters so I had to remove the space as well as the "e" in Lightrider.

Did anyone at all read or care about the Amazon article?

I care, but I didn't read it because I'm lazy and am putting it off. But I will!

Sorted to Slytherin. No surprise there.

Yes, as an Amazon Prime member, I'm pretty stoked about it. Now when I decide to re-read the books, I don't even have to buy them. I can borrow one at a time for however long it takes me to read it. For free. Very awesome.

Found this on Sparknotes. This about sums up my reaction when I got Slytherin with my first Pottermore ID.

Lol, and yet I think the sort of people who get Slytherine are the sort who are proud of being evil. Like basically half the people in this thread

Me, I'm just proud of being Clever and Odd

I kind of lost interest after I saw Chamber of Secrets wasn't open yet. A shame.

Hey, we're not evil! That's just Rowling's blatant pro-Gryffindor propaganda.

You know, I got sorted into Gryffindor yesterday (yes, yes, I'm late to the party). I was not amused. Gryffindor is the last place I thought I'd be and I immediately sent my apologies to Mar.

Y'all can go an add me: VineRune4974.

My wand is 10 inch (no surprise, I'm short ), Rowan, with a Unicorn Tail core and it's surprisingly swishy. I'm okay with it, but I'm suspecting it kind of regrets choosing me.