Now Rowling's control, was Less than 1000 posts/ some War and peace spoiler

[montavilla47]

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> Shelley:
> The only part that is official is what's in print.  The dispute here is what 
> part of print do we consider official- the 7 books series, or the 7 book 
> series and her web page, or the 7 book series with her web page AND all the 
> interviews that she's given where she contracticts herself with other 
> interviews and even with some of the 7 book material??? Huh? Which is the 
> "official" part? You may live by every word that proceedth out of the mouth 
> of Rowling, but not I.
> 
> Her works are no different than any other art work. Once it's hung in a 
> gallery, you can't stand over it 24/7 to tell people what you intended to 
> paint, and how to look at that canvas. You must step aside and trust that 
> artwork now has a life on it's own WITHOUT you. She sold her books, ya know? 
> And we bought them, you know? They are out of her hands, out of her control. 
> Rowling is still hovering over her creation, telling people how to view it. 
> That's my criticism of Rowling- that eventually she has to stop being that 
> doting, protective mama. (thanks va32h for sharing that word picture- yes, I 
> can date this son by myself and you, mom, please step aside! I have a book 
> to enjoy without you needing to be there!)

Montavilla47:

Actually, what she reminds me of (and I'm surprised that no one has brought
this up) is Griphook.  The idea of Goblin ownership that Griphook describes
is sort of similar to copyright ownership.  For lots of working artists and 
writers, what they get paid for is "first run" rights.  Which means, a magazine
can publish their work once.  If they want to reprint it, they need to 
renegotiate with the author or illustrator.  

It's probably a bit different in book publishing, but, as I understand it, the 
book publishers only get the right to print and sell the work--they don't get
money from film rights, or sales to other countries, or anything like that.  So,
the writer can sell their work and keep it, too.

But, getting away from the way publishing works back to JKR.  She wrote
the books, gave them to the readers, and now she wants to control how
we interpret them.  It's like making a sword, selling it to Godric Gryffindor, 
and then demanding that anyone else who uses it do so in a specific way
and for specific reasons.

Although, I actually don't think that JKR is actually trying to control 
our experience so much as giving it to the understandable enthusiasm
of her less nit-picky fans.  She probably doesn't even realize that
there are people who didn't like the last book, since most  of the 
world is singing her praises.

Montavilla47