Sunday, April 20, 2008

Suing for Copyright Issues or to be a Bully?

Apparently, J.K. Rowling went to court to prevent a book called The Harry Potter Lexicon from being published. This book was only going to have 10,000 copies printed. Why would she bother to go to court to prevent this book from being published? She says she is also planning a Harry Potter encyclopedia, and thinks that she wouldn't have the heart to continue if the book is published, probably because she thinks it wouldn't sell well because another one exists. But that is just stupid. The Lexicon wouldn't have enough copies to become too popular. Besides, it would only help the sale of her encyclopedia. If people love that book, they would want another one. If they think the book is crap, they would buy hers expecting it to be better.
I also read that she teared up when she was on the stand. England would have a new lake if she saw the amount of unauthorized books and fanfiction about her series. J.K. is just selfish. She can't stand the thought of having someone else's name associated with her amazing series. I sure hope I don't get sued for using the HP word in this blog without J.K. Rowling's permission.

2 comments:

Rachel said...

Hey Z!
I don't know abt the Lexicon thing, but I saw a book once called "the gospel according to Harry Potter." Wonder how she'd feel abt that. I know it scares me.........

Mangalover06 said...

Hey Zgirl I titally agree with you. But I have to say I love the Harry Potter books. I added some new stuff to my blog so come check it out and tell your friends who are blogers about it and to check it out