-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I read this in the local newspaper too. What a shame, it isn't like she doesn't have enough money already 9_9.
Brian Rowe wrote: > I was very troubled the ruling also. The court erroneously states > the unofficial Lexicon will kill all demand for Rowling's official > compendium. > > "publication of the Lexicon would also result in harm to the > charitable organization … More concretely, publication of the > Lexicon would cause irreparable harm to the sales of Rowling's > companion books, all the elements of which are replicated in the > Lexicon for a similar purpose.* Readers would have no reason to > purchase the companion books* since the lexicon supersedes their > value" (emphasis added page 64) > > I am troubled when transformative works have to compete with > hypothetical works where the reality is that the market is not > mutually exclusive. Many many people will buy the offical version > simply becease it is offical, the court fails at understanding > markets for offical goods. The Lexicon may also encourage Rowling > to put some new information into her compendium, which would > actually encourge new works. > > http://freedomforip.org/2008/09/08/fair-use-takes-a-beating-from-jk-rowling/ > I blogged on this yesterday, but only covered a few of the issues > with the opinion. The court is also very negative on paraphrasing > which troubles me. I am worried that the court is ignoring the > idea that fiction can contain facts (facts about fictional things > or events). I am working on a second post covering these issues > later this week. > > -Brian > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Rob Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Groklaw has some good coverage as well: > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080909014304275 > > - Rob. > > Parker Higgins wrote: >> I was pretty surprised by this result. I've been reading >> coverage > all day, >> and while I will say that this opinion is a little disappointing, >> > it's not >> as bad as it may have been. For one thing, the judge explicitly > defends the >> genre, saying that this example just happens to be infringement. >> > Also, >> looking at the bright side, Anthony Falzone (of the Fair Use > Project, and >> one of the lawyers for RDR) said, "We have a decision that's a > very useful >> guide to show people what they can do in the future as far as >> creating companion guides." So at least there's that. > >> Also, it took me a while to find the (68 page) ruling, so if >> you're interested, it can be found on this page: > >> http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=1641 > >> /parker > >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Rob Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >>> > http://www.theage.com.au/world/jk-rowling-wins-battle-to-block-fans-lexicon-20080909-4cet.html > >>> >>> "The magic still works for author J.K. Rowling, who has won her >>> US court battle to block publication of an unauthorised Harry >>> Potter encyclopedia." >>> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing >>> list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing >> list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Brian Rowe 3L Seattle University (206) 335-8577 (Cell) > Access To Justice Technology Principles www.ATJWeb.org > <http://www.ATJWeb.org> > Freedom for IP www.FreedomforIP.org <http://www.FreedomforIP.org> > ------------------------- > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing > list [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkjG4YkACgkQJoEx0rzyOBmAZgCgi1FIPmea0ZOeBWcYbbpo9J0x 5CUAnA5KKKJrKVoRUeST6ooBHdMa47DJ =2u2f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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