Illegal Harry Potter translations... what do you think?

Everytime a book comes up, it takes month until it is published in spanish. Harry Potter fans have been waiting for the last book for years and spanish fans shouldn’t wait even longer. That’s why a group of fans translated the entire book only one week after the english book appeared in stores. The book can be read online or it can be downoaded in PDF. Even more, a german group of fans translated the last Harry Potter book in only 72hs!!

What do you think about this?

More info here

Thanks, fuser

 

probably fine as long as it was for personal use...kinda defeats the point though

 

illegal but i appreciate them.
There are two rules that you have to obey in order to feel free
1- The official rules are made by people and they may be wrong. What makes you think that some rules made by government officials are valid for you?
Make your own rules and live according to them and you will feel free.
2-If any of your own rules is in contradiction with an official rule, then make sure not to get caught. That's it.
If you can fulfill both rules, you will feel free.
The same, some people says is illegal to spread the ebook online, but if you do not consider to be so, then it is not. (for you at least)

 

It's ok as long as you don't sell it I guess.

 

I think that all the people that download the files will as well buy the book when it comes out just to have an original version as they are all fans.

Thanks, fuser

 

I read the leaked copy, and i have the english copy, will get the swedish copy once it's released.

 

72 hours is crazy! How did they do that? 100 of them 3 pages each or something?

 

Doesn't bother me at all, I think it's kind of nice that the fans support each other.

I listen to Japanese music - but don't speak Japanese yet - so I always appreciate it when fans translate interviews, tv appearances, etc into English so I can understand them.

I'm sure many of them will still buy the book anyway~