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Harry Potter Case Illustrates Blurry Line in Copyright Liability

National News • April 21, 2008
For a time, "Harry Potter'' superfan Steven Vander Ark seemed to be living a geeky dream. His Web site — an obsessive catalog of spells, characters and creatures in J.K. Rowling's novels — was a ...

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Subject: RE: RE: RE: Enid Blyton

Posted On: April 21, 2008, 3:24 pm CDT
Posted By: Brianna
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It makes her look selfish and greedy, but I'm not sure if I wouldn't do exactly the same thing if the shoe were on the other foot. At any rate, I don't have a lot of sympathy for either party. Vander Ark should have known trying to profit from anything with Harry Potter content was going to piss Rowling off, and Rowling should have known sooner or later some fan was going to push the envelope. That's just how it works in fandom. I've used the Lexicon and have found it very useful. I hope this stink doesn't cause him to disable his site.
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