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Comment by lcrz | Hacker News Reader

This is full of copyright infringement. If you don't want your app to be DMCA'd I'd suggest you remove all references to Harry Potter.

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Rowling is OK with fan-based HP writing if it isn't commercial, isn't obscene, and is not credited to whoever produced it and not to her [1]. There's probably a decent chance she would be OK with this if it is free.

[1] https://fanlore.org/wiki/Rowling_backs_Potter_fan_fiction

Thanks, for the warning. I will look into more details regarding that.

What I initially thought was whether this can be considered fan art, and since it’s free (and open-source) I think it might be okay.

But, I’ll check in detail and maybe replace all titles before publishing it to the stores.

Have similar things been DMCA'd before? It's very possible this just gets overlooked.

Does it matter if they aren't selling anything?

Nintendo sends cease and desists to a lot of free (as in beer or speech) projects. Some companies bully hard, I think Warner Bros is likely heavy-handed on Harry Potter.

Depends if it falls under fair use or not.

Ya girl JK filed a report against a woman who happened to have the same last name as one of her characters so yeah.

https://mobile.twitter.com/gothspiderbitch/status/1467693856...

The report wasn't for having the same last name as an HP character. It was for a photo of Hogwarts that was being used commercially.

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