“Wow, they’ve got some nerve…”
You took the words right out of my mouth.
These RDR people make me SO ANGRY!
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY STUPID!!!
I mean, how can they think Jo is going to just give up all of her notes and anything she has ever compiled about HP?! She has every right to keep what is rightfully hers, and is legally COPYRIGHTED to her.
But, I can understand RDR’s angle too. A tone of other books were published abou7t HP, for example, the book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to The World of Harry Potter. BUT…...there is a disclaimer. Its even directly printed on the cover in about 11 point font that says:
“This book was not authorized, prepared, approved, licensed, or endorsed by J.K Rowling, Scolastic, Warner Bros., or any other individual or entity associated with the Harry Potter books or movies.”
So, abviously they never wanted Jo’s support or knowledge in order to publish the book. RDR is directly asking Jo for her entire arsonal of info she has compiled over the past ten or so years. Thats a lot to ask.
I say drop the case and use your own sources and imagination to write the book!
Thank you Leaky for writing these summaries and for being so objective on the whole RDR matter, you are a top quality journalist Melissa.
Karen_W “Fishing for more of JK’s material, are they?” That’s exactly what I thought when I read it!
“Wow, they’ve got some nerve…”
Definitely. RDR is way out of line.
In case you haven’t read correctly, RDR is asking for JKR’s notes as proof in their case.
If you think that they’ve asked for it so that they could use her material, a) actually read the article b) think about exactly how they would explain how they got that new material without incriminating themselves
Wow, there’s a load of conspiracy theorists here.
THEY DID NOT. jo’s notes are her own, and no one else should be allowed access to them, they are all her brilliant ideas, not for someone else to see for ‘evidence’
RDR is out of line, but the lawyers request isn’t stupid because if they had got a lucky judgment they could have forced JKR/WB to drop some of the case because Jo would be unlikely to allow her notes to be copied in this way, and it would take an enormous effort to even copy Jo’s notes which are unstructured, sometimes on random bits of paper and in several boxes. So from their point of view it was definitely worth a try.
Its ridiculous that they would request she hand over such materials. Unthinkable that her original work must be turned over, and lets face it, no doubt leaked so then RDR can claim “well the public know now so no harm in printing the Lexicon” Some court that is!
If this book from the Lexicon is ever published I would seriously support a boycott…..and a boycott of the website for that matter. In the beginning I was trying not to cast judgement but always supporting Jo’s rights, but the more and more I read, the more I’m disgusted that a FAN would do this to her. Its HER world, SHE created it, SHE has the rights so she has every justification in stopping the Lexicon book.
I haven’t touched the site in ages because of all this, kinda feels like I’m betraying Jo and the world she gave us if I did. And after reading this, the URL has been removed from my bookmarks for good. I’m disgusted by the whole thing.
All this reminds me of the old adage – the wheels of justice move SLOWLY.
Harry may become a grandfather before this is decided.
It “s time for the fans to rise up and ban all that the Lexicon has to offer. I can’t believe a SO CALLED FAN of Harry Potter would do this. When the profit of this book is going to charity. SHAME ON YOU RDR. I will never buy anything from you. Sorry Leakey I know your friends with Lexicon, but its time.
I don’t think that RDR should be asking for Jo’s notes. The world of Harry potter is Jo’s PRODUCT for the public’s consumption. We as a public, have a right to buy the product, but do not have the right to its recipe. Do we have the right to coka-cola’s secret recipe? No. No more than we have the right to Jo’s recipe for Potter, unless she sees fit to give it to us.
But, Nicole, from my understanding the ads are a recent thing (since Leaky will no longer be hosting the Lexicon, correct??), and also, as has been mentioned even in the court papers, JK/WB have no problem with ads being used on sites to cover your typical webhosting/bandwidth costs—such ads really aren’t ‘for profit’ as the book would be.
As for this ‘request’ from RDR books? I’ll admit, I pretty much literally had to bite my tongue when I read the part about them not just requesting her notes but requesting “The ‘further material from Ms. Rowling’s creative mind.” because I was ready to say some choice words that would’ve been inappropriate for my work place.
I’m grateful the judge denied that request and is limiting it solely to the interview transcripts (from my understanding, that’s all JK/WB has to provide).
RDR is just looking worse and worse in my eyes.