Prayers For Lexicon Steve

[Steve]

---  "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
...
> 
> I have no objections to Steve's receiving royalties for his 
> hard work in creating a useful reference for HP fans, and I 
> don't consider what he had done to be plagiarism or copyright 
> infringement. But both sides should have been more considerate.
> If the summarized testimony I read today is accurate, we have 
> screaming lawyers and scheming publishers muddying the waters.
> 
> What's important here, much more important than the mental 
> state and emotions of the plaintiff and defendant or their 
> profits and losses, is the concept of fair use, which is in 
> desperate need of clarification. I only hope that the rights 
> of both sides--the original author and those who wish to make
> fair use of her book for the benefit of other readers--are 
> respected.
> 
> Meantime, I hope that JKR realizes that she's not the only one
> who's suffering here, and that Steve V. would never have 
> produced the Lexicon in the first place if he hadn't been a 
> devoted fan. I'm not impressed by the representatives of RDR, 
> but Steve V. himself is in need of empathy and compassion.
> 
> Carol, hoping for a fair judgment and fearing the worst if 
> Steve V. loses
>

bboyminn:

Amen to those words of wisdom.

Perhaps, Carol, this would be a good time to remind the group
what you do for a living. It's not definitive, but it does
lend some creditability to your opinion.

In case, Carol doesn't get around to it, she works in the
publishing industry. 

Steve/bboyminn