I agree with sticky....

just signed...I support Jo! though I don't buy stuff on ebay myself, I think it's really important something is done against the pirates though it may not be very effective....at least it shows that we're not just watching passively and let them go on ! and whoa- over 7000 signatures already! GO JO!

#7229 on the petition...woot woot we support JKR all the way

Tw othings: 1. We're like kreacher?!?!?! Dragon has no idea what your talking about, nasty mudblood...(note, sarcasm was in the text) 2. While it is true that pirates will find another way, its best to ban the min the more poopular sites like e-bay...

Not signing.

Hiriledhel, whats the point of posting then? Are you just bored and looking to annoy people? lol Dragon_queen4ever. I didn't think we were like Kreacher either! But what would our mistress Rowling say if she saw blood traitors saying nasty things about petition.....Crazy_for_Ha rry does not know why mudbloods are posting, Crazy_for_Harry will act like they have not commented :)

I think soooooooooo Jo has tru because i kev my person and me too are furious if strange wisp they will to make thiev my idea.One word that i will nervous,furious.

wel, its obvious Crazy_for_Harry can do a better kreacher imitation...

Go Jo! Almost 8000 signitures!

I signed. Yep, I hope she wins.

I did it!!! I support Jo 100%.

I just signed. Go jo!! I think she's doing the right thing. 8159 signatures! WOW!

okay i was on jo's website and this is what happened: the phone rang, i picked it up, and some british girl said..."hello?, hello?, is anyone there? and im like screaming yes, don't hang up, i'm here!!!! at the computer and then she hangs up.... this happened to my twice in like 15 minuted on the site. could someone tell me, if they know, what i have to do to make her stay on the phone cuz this is really upsetting me!!!

We're all behind you 110% JKR! I just signed, and I would strongly encourage all HP fans to do the same. It only takes a minute, and it's for a good cause. Can't wait to see how many more signitures we get!

jkr, i love you. but i tottaly suport ebay and its bootleged copies of your books, and anything fake like that. some of us are to poor to aford the real thing, but would like to experiance it with the rest of the world. take if from a poor girl and her mexican made harry potter blanket she bought at the flea market.

To be honest I don't really care.

Crazy_for_Harry 5 Well, I *am* bored, but I'm not looking for a fight or to annoy. I am dissenting because I do not support the lawsuit, plain and simple, and I posted because I wanted to make sure another opinion was voiced on this comment board. I've been a huge fan of the books for the past eight years and I don't think Rowling's suing for the money (though I'm sure her lawyers are), but I don't believe in the philosophies behind the suit and I think it will do more harm than good in the end.

well i totally support her. copyright laws are made for a reason. she has all the right to sue.

wow right now there are 8689 sigs!! 1 day and almost 9000.. in a few weesk this will be 100000+

i signed it last night. i was the 6210th signature. =)

What do you mean "Huh????? OKAY....."?? Sheesh, you're so cold.

AS you guys sign please say what number you are in the petition!

I SUPPORT HER :) SHE HAS COPYRIGHT LAWS WERE MADE FOR A REASON!! SHE AS ALL THE RIGHT TO SUE!

YAY! I signed yesterday and i was the 5000 something, now I've checked the petition and there are 9298, then I refreshed my page and there are 9304, 9307, 9309, 9311, 9312, woah i could go on forever!! HELL WRATH NO FURY LIKE A HARRY POTTER FAN SCORNED!!!!!!!!!!

I think eBay should be held responsible. While it really boils down to the individual selling it, eBay is hosting it. It's their job to make sure such illegalities not to make it to selling point, and if so, they need to take immediate action to remove said listing. I realize not everything will be caught, but if it's a downright copyright infringement or not even selling what is listed... If eBay doesn't want to do anything with it, they are basically just as guilty. -- -- -- -- Yes, someone will find another place to sell, but if absolutely no action is taken, it's going to continue, perhaps become larger than it already is. At least take the appropriate steps to try and stop it the best you can. Like I said, not everything is caught, but make an effort. -- -- -- -- Personally, I find it worrysome that they eBay would not take any action. What sort of credibility does that give them? I think it will decrease people using eBay because how do you know if you aren't going to get scammed. Yes, it's a chance you always take, but seeing eBay being lax about such an issue, what other issues are they ignoring? Of course something like this won't stop everyone, and it probably wouldn't even put a dent in the returning users, but if people get screwed repeated, eventually the word does get around. Just my $0.02

Hypocrite. JKR is one if she persues a lawsuit with eBay. A lady goes to court to ban Harry Potter books in schools. Sounds like a familiar story to me. eBay is a venue. JKR might as well sue the whole world for being idiots. Just another mindless lawsuit. If she does persue it, I hope her books get banned from schools and denouced. It would amount to the same thing as her lawsuit. Simply stupid.

Go J.K. Rowling! Take down EBay!

I'm sorry, but I cant mindlessly supports JKR just because I love Harry Potter, like most people that go to this site are. I STRONGLY disagree with what JKR is doing. Ebay should not be the target, but the people that are selling the illegal copies. She could have even worked with Ebay to aquire information about the people. I really respect JKR and love her work, but I just cant support her here. Sorry ^^;

freakotaku, DCCOMICCC, if you had read the stories you would know that this isn't the first time JKR has brought this up. She has contacted eBay several times trying to get them to remove their pirated Harry Potter merchandise. They refused to cooperate. Having done my fair share of trading on eBay, I can tell you that the auctions are not very well policed at all. eBay makes money off of the illegal vendors the same way they do the legal ones, and it would cost money to police them, so there's no real motivation for them to do so. If you report something you get an e-mail saying "We'll look into it, but in order to protect user privacy we can't tell you any more", which basically means "We're blowing you off". And nothing is done. And it is a HUGE letdown as a consumer when you recieve items that you thought would be legitimate, and upon inspection turn out to be pirated/forged. Simply because I, myself, do not want to be a pirate. Suing over spilling coffee in your lap is a mindless lawsuit. Suing over a corporation blatantly refusing to restrict (and thus, blatantly allowing) your intellectual property to be stolen and sold with no payment to you and a disadvantage to an unknowing consumer (especially considering many of these customers are kids) is perfectly legitimate.

TimeMachine, I couldn't have said it better myself!! Nicely put. :)

Number 9969. Go JKR!

Did anyone besides me notice this? ** 6100. Laura Mallory No No Those of you that read this god awful book will burn in hell forever!! ** She still doesn't get it!

I saw it too, but, come on - you don't seriously believe that this was really her ;) But I do agree on her still not getting it - I wonder if she ever will, but that's another story ;)

Anything I could have said to the people who act like this is stupid, was already put into perspective by timemachine, so I won't bother :)...ALSO, CassMaxwell, how could be to poor to afford the books, but you can afford a computer and internet access? Just a thought...

wah.. 11100 and it keeps on going..

I love how after not even five posts of Jo being on the Billionaire list, this post about suing eBay shows up. I'll support eBay thank you very much, as eBay represents a community where anything goes - disabling eBay disables oh so many things. Not to sound like an ass, but it's up to the buyers to understand what they're buying - it makes not only their lives easier, but the sellers' too.

Personally, I'm kiiiiiinda of the opinion that it's up to the buyers not to screw themselves over on this sorta thing, but I'll still sign... no point standing against a perfectly fine cause.

consider it signed. #310 dahlin!

Go Jo! Get those eBay people!

Over 12,000 signatures so far. So does anybody have any idea what this petition is actually supposed to accomplish?

thats stupid. she needs to come down off her high horse. ebay can't catch a few people out of billions. boo hoo. Klenex tissues should sew Jk for pissing and moaning all the time.

about 13000 sigs! keep voting guys!! make those low-life sum ebay guys pay!