Comments on: Harry Potter Lexicon trial date

By: devin

devin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:25:50 +0000

Vander Ark said at one point that he would never turn his site into a publication because it would be breaching copyright laws, and now he’s doing it? Makes no sense to me. He never asked Jo’s permission nor Warner Brothers’ permission to publish the book, RDR denied the request of Warner Brothers to see a copy of the book, I think it’s only fair that Warner Brothers and J K Rowling should sue them, I mean come on, denying them a request to see a copy of a book about her own material? If they had shown her a copy, and then maybe she could suggest some changes and they could make them, this case might never have gone to trial. All RDRs fault in my opinion.

By: hacker

hacker — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:15:56 +0000

I’m on JK’s side. At the very least, this Vander Ark guy should have asked Rowling for her permission to have the book published. It all came from her, anyway. Vander Ark would never have anything to write if not for Rowling’s work. Besides, no one knows if this book contains any misinformation that could affect the book’s essence. Rowling should have a say on this one.

By: merlerach

merlerach — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:43:47 +0000

check trailer here http://hotwn.com/index.php?vid=harry-potter-lexicon

By: Kapital

Kapital — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:47:55 +0000

Wow, someone doesn’t know the difference between free-to-view online material and pay-to-read published material.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:04:12 +0000

Rincewind, you’ve obviously never visited the reference section of your local book store or library have you?

By: Rincewind

Rincewind — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:40:25 +0000

Fansites generally aren’t trying to use the work they are fans of to make money. If they are then I’d expect to see them sued and closed down.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:43:31 +0000

This is a stupid case, wouldn’t this like make Fansites and sites like IGN.com close, being they dont always have ‘rights’ to post images of game play ans such?