That case and that book

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Nora:
Well, that's the complaint of JKR and her team--that the Lexicon does
not really supplement and/or clarify the books. It certainly doesn't
follow any form of academic procedure in how it cites its references,
either to the books themselves or to what scanty etymologies and
commentary there is in the book. (Remember, the book is not the
website, it's much trimmed down, and a lot of the stuff that would be
obvious fair use is gone.)


Alla:

I was just laughing when reading lawyer for RDR hilariously asking 
himself what the heck is this or something like that when reading 
Lexicon's  quotation to HBP 10 when cross-examining JKR about 
Voldemort. Yeah, I think citations are not up to the level they 
should be in the index.

Nora:
The Lexicon doesn't substitute for the pleasure of reading the books,
but you could definitely use it to crib the plot and enough about the
characters to fake your way through some knowledge of the work.

Alla:

After reading first day testimonies I changed my mind, partially as 
to how strong the argument of Lexicon book hurting the market for JKR 
if this ever allowed to be published. I do not think it is silly 
anymore, especially in regards to FB and Qudditch through Ages. 
Plaintiffs claim that entries had been copied verbatim, basically all 
of them.

Now of course I do not think that somebody who will buy that book 
could substitute its reading for reading the novels. But to 
substitute it for reading FB and Quidditch? Surely, why the heck not?

I mean, I think plaintiffs also hit quite nicely on the differences 
between hard core HP fan who will buy as many books as the money 
allow ( that would be me LOL or close enough) and more normal fan, 
and these fans are plenty as well. Why would somebody who already has 
descriptions of all the beasts in the Lexicon book buy FB?

I know I did not buy FB until I became completely erm
 passionate 
about the world. But I have hardcover and softcover of each book, 
several books in Russian and at least ten critical books, and I heard 
some people have much more.


Alla