Comments on: J K Rowling & Warner Bros sueing RDR Books for attempting to publish a Harry Potter lexicon http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/04/16/j-k-rowling-warner-bros-sueing-rdr-books-for-attempting-to-publish-a-harry-potter-lexicon/ PHP/MySQL, REALbasic, Javascript Developer Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Megan http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/04/16/j-k-rowling-warner-bros-sueing-rdr-books-for-attempting-to-publish-a-harry-potter-lexicon/#comment-15042 Megan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:04:42 +0000 http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/04/16/j-k-rowling-warner-bros-sueing-rdr-books-for-attempting-to-publish-a-harry-potter-lexicon/#comment-15042 Steve Vander Ark Took most of his book from JKR without stating his sources, its as simple as that. About 90% of it was lifted, word for word, off the page. JKR herself said that she would have no problem if he wrote the book on his own. Besides, fanfiction is not illegal, as long as the person in question isn't making profit. As soon as the person/company in question starts to make a profit off of someone else's ideas, creations, and painstaking work, then it is illegal. I believe JKR is completely right to sue this publishing company. Sorry to comment on such an old post, btw. Steve Vander Ark Took most of his book from JKR without stating his sources, its as simple as that. About 90% of it was lifted, word for word, off the page. JKR herself said that she would have no problem if he wrote the book on his own. Besides, fanfiction is not illegal, as long as the person in question isn’t making profit. As soon as the person/company in question starts to make a profit off of someone else’s ideas, creations, and painstaking work, then it is illegal. I believe JKR is completely right to sue this publishing company.

Sorry to comment on such an old post, btw.

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