Despite her purported admiration for the online Lexicon, when RDR Books proposed to publish a print version, Rowling filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in New York District Court seeking to enjoin the publication.
Entries Tagged as 'Harry Potter'
Harry Potter and the Copyright Pirates
November 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Arcana, Copyright, Popular
Tags:copyright infringement·Encyclopedia·Harry Potter·horcrux·intellectual property·J.K. Rowling·The Lexicon
The 10 Best Book Titles Ever
November 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Copyright, Popular
Readers who aren’t charmed or amused by a fat, flatulent, gluttonous, loud, lying, hypocritical, self-deceiving, self-centered blowhard who masturbates to memories of a dog and pretends to profundity are not likely to enjoy this one.
Tags:Copyright·Harry Potter·Hemingway·literature·novels·title
Willy the Wizard Redux
July 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Copyright, Popular
When I woke up this morning it occurred to me that I had given short shrift to Willy the Wizard’s claims in my post yesterday, and being a type-A personality the nagging feeling that I hadn’t done my homework sat uncomfortably in the back of my mind at breakfast and on the train into work. [...]
Tags:Copyright·fantasy·Harry Potter
Willy the Wizard vs. Harry Potter
July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Copyright, Popular
Nothing breeds lawsuits like success. Apart from The Bible and the complete works of William Shakespeare, nothing has captured the hearts and minds of a generation of readers like the Harry Potter saga. In our modern age, of course, the price of fame is being subject to calumny and accusations of plagiarism, copyright infringement, and [...]
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