So, if anyone cares, I found reference to it here in the last comment to this post -
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mcrux claims to have done this. S/He also apparently posted a similar claim in response to an article on AuburnPub.com. (It seems the article is no longer available - at least, I couldn't access it.) There was also a similar post on starpulse.com by "macklincrux" and here by "Max Crux". And, there are several other websites on which this comment is repeated, but I won't bother listing them all.ETA: With a minimal amount of junior detective work using Google, as well as an initial boost from
a_waffling, I was able to find the name, home address, home phone number, and cell phone number of the person responsible for this nasty "prank". Apparently, he's not so clever...- localisation:Bed
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What a pathetic and mean thing to do. That's probably someone who's never worked on anything worthwhile in their entire life, but they like to tear down other people's ideas. Stupid jerk.
I just don't get why people have that desire. :-/
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"Access denied" should result in 401 or 403.
And up to now no moderator has stepped in to delete these postings, part of IMO point to illegal material (assuming that Maxicon has no license to use HPL graphics, texts, etc. ...). Well, as I often said: I don't know about USA law. But over here: I'd feel to be in duty to prevent such things on my own forum ... .
Nasty. And sad.
I remember when JKR's Official Site first appeared, hackers were posting on Chamber of Secrets Forum that they were trying to break in behind the closed door, and it made alot of us uncomfortable because that's truly illegal to hack anyone's website.
Some people just enjoy taking pleasure in other people's misfortune.:(
http://mcrux.livejournal.com/profile
This is not a young kid. This person is 48 years old and really needs to get a life if this is how they get their kicks.
If this is a hack, I really and truly hope they go to jail.
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The first LJ message is on April 24, not long before all this started.
So it's probably what they call a "sockpuppet" account. That's not a real person, and probably a made-up birthday. So you can't judge from that how old a person really is - funny that they are exactly as old as the Marauders (I was also born in 1960). That could be their joke about Sirius Black's unknown birthday for all we know.
Guys, the Lexicon site is just busy; it's not been hijacked or anything like that. The Leaky techies are working to fix it. The 500 error just means that the server needs rebooting, since it's having a tough time keeping up with the load. It's done the same thing on other busy days.
About the Maxicon site: as others have pointed out, it's been around already for a short while now. For the purposes of this thread, while we appreciate that parodies like Maxicon are valuable to a free-speech society, this particular one really isn't relevant to this case or this discussion topic. If there really is some new, factual information about the case to be gleaned, that's certainly on-topic; otherwise it's in poor taste and off-topic, so let's please steer away from discussing it.
Thanks guys!
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You would think it would bother them that someone could copy all that since it is on Leaky's server. Why aren't they worried about a copy of Leaky appearing or their private messages or something?
And isn't it ironic that the Lexicon site is so busy it is crashing the server? That's the best thing I've ever read. So maybe it's a useful website after all?
Yeah, you'd think... *rolls eyes*
Is it a parody? It looked like a straight-out copy, with only a name change, but I'm not really familiar with the Lexicon, nor did I spend much time looking at the Maxicon. Parodies are protected speech, to a point, but I don't think this qualifies. But if this is a parody, it's a bad one, as it didn't seem at all funny. :)
BTW, I just went to look at it again to see if there were any differences other than "Max" being written over "Lex" and the snide remark to Steve; but, I'm only getting a message saying that the page cannot be displayed. Hopefully, it's down for good. :)
When I first saw it, I thought it was a really derogatory play on the word "maxi-pad," which is a feminine napkin in the U.S.
Whatever it is, it isn't friendly, and it's certainly not funny.
If the Maxicon was really a copy of the Lexicon, then it would also be a "copy" of the HP Books, which JKR said outraged her. So the Maxicon wasn't just breaking Steve's copyright, he was breaking JKR's copyright!
*snort*
Plus, according to JKR, the Maxicon would also be seen as lazy and sloppy, haha. So what did he prove?
All the crazed JKR fans who are so illogically and rabidly against the lexicon, which they probably all used before the case came up, should just sit down, and wait for the case to work itself out. If JKR wins, let the legal system mete out what justice needs to be done. If she loses, well, maybe her case was... um... wrong? (Or do people think she's incapable of being wrong, because she happens to write beloved fiction?)
If anyone wants to see the worst of fandom, check out the comments here. The entries having to do with the Lexicon are all from cleolinda.
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"I'm wary of bringing up the jealousy argument but I think that's really at the heart of a lot of this. That and bitter snapefen/shipperfen/voldiefen insanity."
Hahahahahaha - when you have no real legal arguments left, please blame the Snapefen. *lol* It never fails, does it? I don't know what we are supposed to be jealous about, so it's like the argument that fits everything.
Who are we "shipping" now? Oh yeah - Snape and Lily: The Ship that Actually Came True. :)