Row delays Harry Potter lexicon
A publisher has agreed to delay the release of a Harry Potter encyclopaedia after being sued by author JK Rowling.Publisher Roger Rapoport said the book will not be published until a judge rules on whether it violates Rowling's intellectual property rights.
A judge in New York has issued an order barring completion, distribution, marketing or advance sales of the book until further notice.
Written by Steve Vander Ark, it was scheduled for release on 28 November.
Entitled Harry Potter Lexicon, it is based on material from an internet fan site of the same name.
Mr Rapoport, whose company is based in Michigan, said he had given a copy of the Lexicon to Warner Bros lawyers - who hold the copyright to the Harry Potter books - in the hope that they would read it and decide that it did not violate copyright.
"I think they should drop it. I'm hopeful that they will," he said.
'Massively disappointed'
Rowling's lawsuit, filed on 31 October, sought an injunction blocking publication of the book on the grounds that it would borrow too heavily from her work and spoil plans to eventually publish her own encyclopaedia of Harry Potter's world.
Rowling had supported the Lexicon website, but she and Warner Bros said they saw a difference between fans publishing information for free on the internet, and selling it in the form of a book.
Rowling said she took "no pleasure" in preventing the Lexicon's publication.
"On the contrary, I feel massively disappointed that this matter had to come to court at all," she said.
"Given my past good relations with the Lexicon fan site, I can only feel sad and disillusioned that this is where we have ended up."
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Jesus, Doesn't she have enough money ?
Posted by
Anonymous |
November 10, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Harry Potter is her money tree, and she'll have to keep going back to it. I mean, what are the odds she'll write another book(s) that are as popular as Harry Potter. If its not the same universe and possible even characters, it will most likely not be as popular.
Posted by
Anonymous |
November 10, 2007 at 10:29 PM
I bet if they named it 'Homo Harry' then she wouldn't have a problem with it.
Posted by
Anonymous |
November 10, 2007 at 10:31 PM
*sigh* Warner Bros, Why are you so evil? Let the man publish his book. I know your writers are on strike, but leave the man alone.
Posted by
Sonic |
November 10, 2007 at 10:40 PM
i say good for her if lucas can kepp control of his stuff why can't she?
Posted by
Anonymous |
November 10, 2007 at 10:48 PM
The reason Rowling is so adamant about this is because she's publishing her own encyclopedia: with all of the profits going to charity.
She isn't doing this just to make more money, its because of the charity. If this guy publishes his book (which, by the way, is pretty low to begin with. Come up with an original idea), it would reduce the amount of money that would go to charity, instead going to this guys pocket.
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Anonymous |
November 10, 2007 at 11:53 PM
She's right though. Fan fiction given away for free on the internet because you're really into the story is cool. Ripping off someone elses idea and making money off it. Not cool
Posted by
Anonymous |
November 11, 2007 at 2:04 AM
Good grief. So she's made a bizzillion dollars and now she wants to make herself feel good by giving to charity the proceeds of something that takes no real talent on her part.
Why do people think its so great when people who have more money than they know what to do with give to charity, but if someone tries to make money by working they are bad.
Screw the charity. Let the people that want to work and make money, make money.
Posted by
Anonymous |
November 11, 2007 at 7:37 AM
Making your money by working is one thing. Making your money by stealing or borrowing from someone else's creativity is quite another.
When someone does something creative, you all seem to cheer them until they become successful and then they become evil for some reason.
Envy. Pure envy and self hatred. You all ought to rot.
Posted by
Anonymous |
November 11, 2007 at 8:21 AM
It's interesting that JK has all of a sudden decided to publish her own encyclopedia and donate to charity when just a few months ago she was asked weather she had any plans for writing an encyclopedia and she said no.
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Anonymous |
November 11, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Do you guys even read the articles... Harry Potter Lixicon is an encyclopedia that steals the work of people who have posts and contributed to that site, for profit. It's like the creators of GAMEFAQS making a book based of his site.
It's a shame people have no respect for copyright material.
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Anonymous |
November 11, 2007 at 9:16 PM
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