The Court Case - it breaks my heart

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:

> 
> I think it is too bad that Steve didn't just go to Jo and say, "can 
> we do this together". He has complied the information, but it was 
> her stuff, so they should have published it together. I think the 
> main problem here are the publisher on Steve's side and WB on 
> Rowlings. 


He did ask to work with her on her encyclopedia.  She said no.  When 
she found out he was planning to publish the Lexicon for profit, she 
had her attorneys send his publishers a Cease & Desist letter.  They 
ignored it.  My impression from following this is that, aside from the 
Warner Bros. interest in protecting their rights to Harry Potter (which 
in all fairness, they paid for), JKR has very strong personal feelings 
about wanting to do her own encyclopedia whose profits are to go to 
charity.

Jo S.