Beedle the Bard; Lexicon

[Jim Ferer]

Anne: "IF the RDR book is to reproduce the information in the Lexicon
in printed form, it would in huge part be a repackaging for sale of
vast amounts of copyrighted material..."

In other words, a *derivative work,* which specifically is not fair use.

"A "derivative work" is a work based upon one or more preexisting
works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization,
fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art
reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a
work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of
editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a
"derivative work." (17 U.S.C. § 101)

I wish I knew how things got this far. JKR and Steve should be
collaborating, not fighting it out in court. JKR seems to be in the
right of it legally, though.

Jim Ferer