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Steven the Git
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| Posted 4/15/2008 6:52 PM (GMT -5) |   | It does seem the law is on her side and this bloke, and the publishers, have been naughty, if maybe naive.
However to answer the question, I have no sympathy for her, and I don't think this would harm her or her world. I still think it is copyright and wrong, but I don't see how bad it would be. Certainly not draining her.
I maybe a bit of a cynic, but I do think this is more about clearing the way for her own cashing in, than setting the literary world to rights.
Again, if she is right to sue then she is right to sue, but I won't be cheering her on or feeling sorry for her. I've come across a number of writers who've had as tough or tougher lives than her, and still are, and she doesn't seem to do anything to help other writers or the fantasy world (in fact have heard her disparage it and Terry Pratchett seemed far from impressed with her in certain interviews).
As for giving money to charity, anything given to charity can be claimed back when paying tax, so not sure how selfless it would be.
Looking at the link, WB are in on it too. CNN even have to make their association clear at the bottom (Time Warner owning CNN and WB) Oh, and I think the Queen is still the richest over here. I know people say Rowling, but the Queen owns loads of land, besides the other assets. She's still queen of the block. 
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erazmus
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TL Morganfield
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| Posted 4/15/2008 4:47 PM (GMT -5) | | Since it's non-fiction about fiction, I think if she did win this it would set a precedent to call into question the legality of things like Cliff Notes and other such references, as well as literary criticism of copyrighted work. I personally don't think she'll win this and that the Lexicon will be deemed a scholarly work and therefore protected. But it's really quite sad to see her acting like this. She's only the richest woman in Britain and she's acting like she'll have to eat out of garbage cans if this reference book goes through (instead of doing the smart thing and just writing her own chocked full of stuff that never appeared in the books and releasing it as an "authorized" version and laughing all the way to bank--or better yet donating those proceeds to charities to make herself look wonderful and giving).
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TL Morganfield
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| Posted 4/15/2008 4:14 PM (GMT -5) | | I'd have more sympathy if a.) she hadn't come out earlier in her career and praised the work this guy was doing and endorsed it, and b.) if the work in question struck me more as fan-fiction rather than "scholarly" in nature (he isn't rewriting her universe after all. He's providing a guide to it, documented from Rowling's work like any English student would do in their college lit classes.). I personally think that Rowling's realizes that she screwed herself over by openly admitting that she consulted his "encyclopedia" while working on her later books and that kind of endorsement placed more credibility in the information he'd collected than in her own. Will she next try to sue folks trying to publish critical essays in lit journals about her work because "their misinterpretation of what I intended with my work is draining my will to write!"
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The Feathered Serpent's Nest (Blog)
One World stories:
"Night Bird Soaring" in GUD, issue #3 (forthcoming)
"What Makes Us Strong" in Atomjack, November 2007
"The Last Arabian Prince" in Atomjack, November 2006
"Dedication" in Dragons, Knights & Angels, also available in Distant Passages 2.
Sixth Sun Rising stories:
"Ancient Artifacts" in Tales of Moreauvia (forthcoming)
"Love, Blood and Octi" in Paradox, October 2007
"The Divine Conquest of Mexico" in Sorcerous Signals, August 2007
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"My Sweet Andromache" in Nanobison, (forthcoming)
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Jared Evers
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| Posted 4/15/2008 3:47 PM (GMT -5) | | The guy says he had substantial concerns about the idea. If he's such a huge fan, I would think that all that should've been needed was for Rowling to say, "Please don't publish this."
As for drama queens, there seems to be an equal amount of drama on both sides. | | Back to Top | | |
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