The Gryffindor Gazette

May 12th, 2008

Did JK Rowling violate her own standards?

I just came across a very interesting article by the author of Ender’s Game. In the article, titled JK Rowling, the Lexicon, and Oz he states that JK Rowling, currently suing Steven Vander Ark and the Harry Potter Lexicon, has herself been guilty of creative piracy. Here are the main points he makes:

Rowling lifted the […]

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May 8th, 2008

Fun with the Harry Potter Lexicon

I know that (unfortunately) the Harry Potter Lexicon has been in the news for other reasons, but I tell ya - if you haven’t poked around this wonderful site, you really need to. Here’s what I’ve been looking at this morning:

Quidditch Through The Ages: a great book with summaries, etc.
A-Z Site Index: Oh, man. […]

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May 2nd, 2008

The Harry Potter Lexicon trial transcript

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JK Rowling makes a good case for herself, but I’m still not entirely convinced that the Harry Potter Lexicon should not be published.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 […]

By Wendy -- 3 comments

May 2nd, 2008

What did JK Rowling say during the trial? Here’s a few snippets

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We’ve heard some of what JK Rowling said during her recent court hearings for the Harry Potter Lexicon; mostly carefully crafted sound bites. However, Accio Quotes has got even more goods, some of which reveals previously unknown information about the books themselves. Here […]

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April 18th, 2008

JK Rowling and Steven Vander Ark urged to settle out of court

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The judge in the Harry Potter lexicon trial has urged both parties to settle out of court, because there are many areas that this trial has brought up that would take YEARS to settle (and that would also be a huge money drain). […]

By Wendy -- 5 comments

April 15th, 2008

Official statement from JK Rowling on the lawsuit

This was JUST released: an official statement from JK Rowling’s spokesperson on the lawsuit:
“A fan’s affectionate enthusiasm should not obscure acts of plagiarism. The publishers knew what they were doing. The problem remains that the Lexicon takes an enormous amount of Ms. Rowling’s work and adds virtually no original commentary of its own. As we’ve […]

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April 15th, 2008

Updates on the JK Rowling trial

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Here are the latest updates on the court proceedings with JK Rowling:

Rowling has stated that the book is “nothing more than a rearrangement of her own material.”
She “feels like her words were stolen.”
“This book constitutes wholesale theft of 17 years of my hard […]

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April 14th, 2008

JK Rowling is in court today to protest new Harry Potter lexicon - first reports

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Harry Potter author JK Rowling is in court in New York City right now to protest the publishing of a Harry Potter lexicon written by Steven Vander Ark. Here’s what she has said so far according to news reports:
“This book constitutes wholesale theft of 17 years of […]

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