Oi!

[ivyblossom]

Well, this just makes me sad:

Rowling acknowledged she once bestowed an award on Vander Ark's Web site because, she said, she wanted to encourage a very enthusiastic fan.

But she said she "almost choked on my coffee" one morning when she realized Vander Ark had warned others not to copy portions of his Web site. She said she now has second thoughts about all the encouragement she has given to online discussions and Web sites devoted to her books.

"I never censored it or wanted to censor it," she said, adding that if she loses the lawsuit, she will conclude she essentially gave away her copyrights by encouraging the Web sites.

"Other authors will say, `I need to exercise more control. She was an idiot. She let it all go,'" Rowling said.

Comments

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

As in any public debate, there is publicly available information and there is non-publicly available information. I can't believe I'm saying this, but having witnessed enough fandom wank crap and some real life stuff where everyone bases some wrong assumptions based on what's public, I'd say...we probably don't know the whole story here.

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

I'd say...we probably don't know the whole story here.
LOL yeah, no argument from me there :) :)