
Die hard Harry Potter fan Steven Vander Ark had planned to publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia titled the “Harry Potter Lexicon”. She filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Steven Vander Ark and the RDR Books company who planned to publish it.
The judge made a final decision in court today that J.K. Rowling has successfully proven how publishing the encylopedia without her permission would harm her rights. The judge permanently blocked publication of the encyclopedia and awarded Warner Bros. studios the makers of the Harry Potter films $6,750 in damages.
The Associated Press reports:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hIGNIcztySvpGhm95iGPhNL7ov1AD932N7JG0
It’s no surprise to me that she was going to win it. I already predicted it. She must have good lawyers that she was getting laid with to get out of this one.
Words of advice to Steven Vander Ark, tell her to fuck off and don’t support Harry Potter anymore.
Kev
Gosh Kev, what marvelous advice, to tell a writer to fuck off because she chose to defend her own words? Her own characters? And her own writing? That is what it comes down to ultimately – they are her creations, and no one else, not anyone, not without her permission has the right to profit thereby. I may despise her for her last two books – and I do – but I will defend to the death her right to what is hers and not Vander Ark’s.
Gosh Kev, what marvelous advice, to tell a writer to fuck off because she chose to defend her own words? Her own characters? And her own writing? That is what it comes down to ultimately – they are her creations, and no one else, not anyone, not without her permission has the right to profit thereby. I may despise her for her last two books – and I do – but I will defend to the death her right to what is hers and not Vander Ark’s.