Categories: Books
September 10, 2008
J.K. Rowling: Winning the battle, but not the way she hoped.
You may have heard that on Monday, a federal judge stopped publication of a Harry Potter fan's reference guide to the series. J.K. Rowling herself appeared to testify — rather dramatically — about the agony she would suffer if the unofficial guide were to be published. There was a fine
Yeah, if he was going to go to all the trouble to battle Rowling in court about this, he should've gone to the minimal trouble of not just quoting large sections of her material.
It's always gratifying to read the commentary of a keen legal mind on a situation like this. Thanks!
"While she lost her argument against this specific book, she lost in her bid to establish her right to create the "definitive" Harry Potter guide."
Do you mean to say "While she won her argument against..."?
Great post, Linda. You always manage to boil legal stuff down to understandable concepts, making me feel smarter after I've read it.
Whoops. Yup, it looks to me like that's what Linda meant. I've made the fix. Thanks for the catch.
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