April 14th, 2008
I have to say more and more I am siding with RDR on this one. They aren’t stealing actual prose, just reporting on who and what happens in the books. How different is that than a review? And it isn’t different at all from the Lexicon web site. I understand Rowling being upset, because as the creator you would feel you should be the only person profiting from your work (although actually many reviewers profit from their reviews through ad sales), but feeling something and the laws actually supporting you are two different things. And there are reasons for these laws–or more accurately the interpretations of them. Because, that is what this will come down to–interpretation.
It will be interesting to see what the outcome is. Here’s the link.
