One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[pippin_999]

Carol:
> I highly recommend it because it's clever and because it articulately
> expresses a point of view that perhaps has not occurred to JKR, who
> seems to view her books and characters as her own exclusive property,
> not realizing that propietorship over the interpretation of a
> character ceases with publication. 
> 

Pippin:
Really? So who controls the interpretation of Albus Dumbledore at
the Harry Potter theme park to be? Sorry, but the characters don't 
just exist inside your head, they've been franchised.  I for one am very
glad that JKR asserts control over how they are portrayed, not some
corporate hack.

Pippin
wondering if there will be DD costume characters and imagining
some very campy photo ops