The gates have been open for a long while. There are tons of unofficial books all trying to make a quick buck out of HP.
I'm 100% in agreement that intellectual property shouldn't be stolen but he's not passing it off as his own, nor is there even a chance in hell that someone picking up the book would think it his own words.
JKR has admitted to using his site to look up facts when she's out writing in cafes. For years, SVA had a quote from JKR on the site - something like "My natural home." And the film production crews had downloaded and printed out the Lexicon to use as reference when filming - They even flew him out on set as they were so grateful for his time and effort. In some small way, he's contributed to making money for JKR.
Her testimony was what made me quite disgusted with this whole suit. I don't know if it's because the UK does not have the lawsuit culture that the US has so her courtroom theatrics seemed just beneath my perceived line of honesty and dignity.
Fanfic is an even stickier legal subject - So let's not go there, eh? We'll just stick out fingers in our ears, type fanfic with our elbows (because our fingers are in our ears) and be safe in the knowledge that fic makes the world a better place ;)
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I'm 100% in agreement that intellectual property shouldn't be stolen but he's not passing it off as his own, nor is there even a chance in hell that someone picking up the book would think it his own words.
JKR has admitted to using his site to look up facts when she's out writing in cafes. For years, SVA had a quote from JKR on the site - something like "My natural home." And the film production crews had downloaded and printed out the Lexicon to use as reference when filming - They even flew him out on set as they were so grateful for his time and effort. In some small way, he's contributed to making money for JKR.
Her testimony was what made me quite disgusted with this whole suit. I don't know if it's because the UK does not have the lawsuit culture that the US has so her courtroom theatrics seemed just beneath my perceived line of honesty and dignity.
Fanfic is an even stickier legal subject - So let's not go there, eh? We'll just stick out fingers in our ears, type fanfic with our elbows (because our fingers are in our ears) and be safe in the knowledge that fic makes the world a better place ;)