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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: RE: Enid Blyton

Posted On: April 21, 2008, 3:30 pm CDT
Posted By: andy
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Rowling had no problem with allowing a fan to take her content and turn it into something fun for fans on the internet. Seems to be a pretty cool thing to allow. When the fan decided to try and profit from her work - that's when she cried foul. Seems pretty logical. You can use it for fun - but if you try and make financial gain from it, I'll come after you. Nothing wrong with that one.
Whether you like Rowling or not is beside the point. It's her content. Again, I think the fact she let a fan build such a detailed website with her content is pretty cool. He crossed a line when he decided to try and profit without offering her some of her own pie.
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