One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[sistermagpie]

> > Magpie:
> > Yeah, I'm not a lawyer but from what I read JKR's completely 
right 
> > here. The publishers sound insane. 
> 
> Depends on what you mean by "right". Yes, the law is on her side if 
she 
> wants to stop the book from being published (but, a friendly letter 
> rather than jumping straight to a lawsuit might have been nice) - 
but, 
> is she "right" in her professed belief that a print version of the 
> lexicon would impair her ability to sell an encyclopedia-type book? 
> Absolutely not. 

Magpie:
I did mean that the law was on her side--and the publishers received 
several "friendly letters." The lawsuit wasn't jumped to by any 
timeline that I've heard. Whether or not her own ability to sell her 
book is being damaged I wouldn't say--I don't think it would be. But 
I legally it seems like she's in the right here--and she's not being 
very aggressive about her rights as she could be in that area in 
general.

Random:
That's a transparent play for sympathy for a move that 
> she _knows_ is going to result in a lot of bad press, especially on 
the 
> heels of her decision to (apparently) not publish the Beedle the 
Bard 
> book for a general audience.

Magpie:
Are you saying this lawsuit is a play for sympathy? It doesn't really 
seem like one to me, and WB are doing it too. And the RDR publishers, 
I believe, also sued WB for using what they claim is their 
copyrighted material.

-m

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