September 15th, 2008
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Well, we knew this was coming! Steven Vander Ark and RDR Books plan on filing an appeal to continue the publication of the Harry Potter Lexicon. Here’s more:
Vander Ark, who founded the Lexicon Web site more than a decade ago, said he would revise the book and remove offending passages.
“I’ve always […]
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September 12th, 2008
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One of my favorite authors, Joanna Trollope, has written a very heartfelt article on the Harry Potter Lexicon ruling this week. Here’s a snippet:
This is not a matter of that age-old - and impossible - difficulty of the plagiarism of ideas. It is something much easier to define, and a danger […]
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September 10th, 2008
In the court judgment handed down this week against Steven Vander Ark and the Harry Potter Lexicon, JK Rowling also won a $6,750 settlement. You can read the entire settlement case here (it’s 68 pages long, so get comfortable!).
Tags: books, Culture, harry, Harry Potter, harry potter lexicon, JK Rowling, Steven Vander Ark, Warner Bros
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September 9th, 2008
This is a sad day.
One of the best sites on the Web, the Harry Potter Lexicon, has been taken down and will not be posted again due to the judge’s ruling yesterday.
While I somewhat agree with the ruling (VERY somewhat), I wish that the site had not been taken down. It was […]
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September 8th, 2008
Following right on the heels of the official JK Rowling statement on the Harry Potter Lexicon ruling, here’s the official word from Warner Brothers (again, I received this from their spokespeople):
“We are obviously pleased with today’s ruling by Judge Patterson supporting the position that the proposed lexicon book infringes on Ms. Rowling’s rights. As […]
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September 8th, 2008
Regarding today’s victory against the Harry Potter Lexicon, here is JK Rowling’s official statement (I received this from her official spokespeople):
“I took no pleasure at all in bringing legal action and am delighted that this issue has been resolved favourably,” said J.K. Rowling. “I went to court to uphold the right of authors everywhere […]
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September 8th, 2008
Today, as in this morning, Judge Robert Patterson ruled in favor of Warner Brothers and J.K. Rowling in their copyright infringement case against RDR Books, who were intending to release a Harry Potter Lexicon written by Steve Vander Ark. He ruled that the lexicon would cause her “irreparable harm”.
In addition, all publications […]
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May 2nd, 2008
If you’re looking for some light reading (yeah, right!) for the weekend, why not try the complete transcript of the JK Rowling trial. It actually makes for some very interesting reading; JK Rowling makes a good case for herself, but I’m still not entirely convinced that the Harry Potter Lexicon should not be published. How […]
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