Submitted by DeepThought on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 21:23.
I'm reporting on it now because it's become newsworthy again recently. Take a look at the date on the article I linked to.
And I appreciate that Jo Rowling has intellectual property rights over Harry Potter, but she has encouraged some of these fansites - because the gossip and rumor that they published helped to drive hype and sell her books. She was happy to do this as long as they weren't earning serious money from the franchise.
The possibility of someone releasing an encyclopedia without her consent seems to be the problem. I'm merely suggesting that she might be better working with them since they seem to have done a lot of the legwork already.
Plus, surely even a book like this keeps the Potter series in people's minds. Bear in mind that without another book to look forward to, it's just the movies from here. Fans are likely to buy the 'unofficial' and official versions alike. I just think it's a pretty stupid move.
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I'm reporting on it now
I'm reporting on it now because it's become newsworthy again recently. Take a look at the date on the article I linked to.
And I appreciate that Jo Rowling has intellectual property rights over Harry Potter, but she has encouraged some of these fansites - because the gossip and rumor that they published helped to drive hype and sell her books. She was happy to do this as long as they weren't earning serious money from the franchise.
The possibility of someone releasing an encyclopedia without her consent seems to be the problem. I'm merely suggesting that she might be better working with them since they seem to have done a lot of the legwork already.
Plus, surely even a book like this keeps the Potter series in people's minds. Bear in mind that without another book to look forward to, it's just the movies from here. Fans are likely to buy the 'unofficial' and official versions alike. I just think it's a pretty stupid move.