Prayers For Lexicon Steve

[Carol]

Lee wrote:
> > > I just saw a thing on WABC about JKR and Steve to be in Federal
Court in Manhattan tomorrow. Uh--I don't understand the whole thing,
but I'm sure routing for Steve. <snip>

Linda replied:
 
>    Routing for Lexicon Steve all the way. He's in my prayers.

Carol responds:

Erm, ladies, I think you mean "rooting." 

As for me, I feel that it's all an unfortunate misunderstanding and I
wish it had never happened. The money is all on JKR's side (the expert
lawyers, I mean), and I rather expect that she'll win the case. I only
hope that she's generous and forgiving, not asking Steve to pay some
huge sum that will bankrupt him, especially considering the message of
DH. And even if Steve's book were published, I can't see how it could
cut into her profits. She's a billionaire, with money still coming in,
and WB isn't hurting financially, either. I don't think that Lexicon
Steve, who after all is her admirer and whose website all of us
probably have found helpful on one occasion or another, *intended* any
harm to her or any infringement of copyright. His mistake, I suppose,
was resisting the cease and desist order. He should have asked what he
could do to make the book acceptable to her. Nor do I think that his
book, which is based on previously published books, could in any way
compete with her planned encyclopedia, which is based on information
he has no access to, either in her notes or in her head.

Carol, not as well informed as she should be on the topic because she
can't bear to read the articles