June 12th, 2008
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Both JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe have been named to the Forbes Celebrity Power list.
JK Rowling is on there for obvious reasons; she’s sold over 375 million of her books since 1998 and is the richest woman in Britain. Daniel Radcliffe is loaded because of his roles in the Harry Potter […]
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June 5th, 2008
JK Rowling is scheduled to give the Harvard commencement speech today. You’ll be able to see video and text of her speech here tonight, but if you want to watch it streamed live, go here: Live Video Feed of JK Rowling’s Harvard Commencent Speech.
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May 12th, 2008
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
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
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JK Rowling makes a good case for herself, but I’m still not entirely convinced that the Harry Potter Lexicon should not be published.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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May 2nd, 2008
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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
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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). […]
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April 17th, 2008
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The hearing with JK Rowling vs. Steven Vander Ark ended with closing arguments yesterday, but that doesn’t mean that the court reached a decision (they have until May 9 to hand down a ruling).
Opposing viewpoints on the lexicon were offered by two […]
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April 16th, 2008
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The following is a statement by J.K. Rowling:
“The book at the heart of this case has overstepped a boundary so unreasonably that I have been forced, regretfully, to take legal action. Authors have a right to protect their works from misuse. […]
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April 16th, 2008
These entries are taken verbatim from the official site of JK Rowling:
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Section: Fan Sites
The Harry Potter Lexicon
This is such a great site that I have been known to sneak into an internet café while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a copy of Harry Potter (which […]
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