Submitted by Ton Fantôme on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 21:14.
I'm not saying that Rowling persuing legal action is stupid, but a more harshly defensive move than might have been expected or wanted. Her claims that this lexicon may wreak havoc on the author-fan relationship sound to me like panicked statements, as if she fears that now because one fan has dared to try and pitch in all of us are going to be scrambling onto the bandwagon and trample her to death.
I agree that working in cooperation with the author of the lexicon would be a smarter move, and repair the damage she might have done to her fanbase by reacting in such a sharp manner. After reading up on this I was very disappointed in Rowling's response.
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I'm not saying that Rowling persuing legal action is stupid, but a more harshly defensive move than might have been expected or wanted. Her claims that this lexicon may wreak havoc on the author-fan relationship sound to me like panicked statements, as if she fears that now because one fan has dared to try and pitch in all of us are going to be scrambling onto the bandwagon and trample her to death.
I agree that working in cooperation with the author of the lexicon would be a smarter move, and repair the damage she might have done to her fanbase by reacting in such a sharp manner. After reading up on this I was very disappointed in Rowling's response.