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.

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[twilightbyproxy.livejournal.com]

The original manuscript that was set to go to the printers, before JKR and the WB found out about it and delayed it, did not have a disclaimer nor did it list all resources and it used the exact same font as the Harry Potter cover. Also, on the cover it had the statement of JKR's fansite recongnition. If I saw that in the bookstores without JKR's protest, I would have though that she arranged the whole thing with a huge endorsement.

RDR claims that they made changes only after JKR and WB protested, but a working relationship was already damaged by that time. Once the manuscript was handed over for review, they found that the amount of quotes without properly formated as quotes took up more of the content that was legally thought of as fair use. There's not enough critical analysis or new ideas to pass even a college class as a scholarly paper.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

And that deserves tears and a court case? I don't buy it. I have a feeling there's more to this story than this. If the lexicon is such a piece of crap, why did she give it an award?

[twilightbyproxy.livejournal.com]

Concerning the Harry Potter Lexicon, the website is far, far different than the book Steve put together. The book is not a complete compilation of the site at all. RDR claimed that it was until JKR and the WB got their hands on the manuscript that was set to be printed and sold. It came to light, then, that the book and the whole website were two different things.