multimillionaire author of the harry potter books is sueing this geek guy who is writing an encyclopaedia on the books:
Steven Vander Ark said his only goal was to celebrate Rowling, sitting in front of him, who he called a "genius".
Rowling had earlier told the court his plans to publish The Harry Potter Lexicon amounted to "wholesale theft".
She is suing Mr Vander Ark and his publisher RDR Books in New York for copyright infringement.
Asked whether he still thought of himself as part of the Harry Potter fan community, Mr Vander Ark struggled to speak through tears. "I do," he said. "It's been... it's been difficult because there's been a lot of criticism, obviously, but... it has been an important part of my life for the last nine years or so."
On Monday, Rowling told the court she had stopped work on a new novel because her legal concerns had "decimated my creative work". She denied the case was about money and accused Mr Vander Ark of "an act of betrayal" in using her fiction as the basis for his guide.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7349913.stm
the poor fucker, don't know what rowling has to gain by all this. i guess he still breached copyright, but fucking hell, give the guy a break.
look at him, he is harry potter for fuck sake:
Steven Vander Ark said his only goal was to celebrate Rowling, sitting in front of him, who he called a "genius".
Rowling had earlier told the court his plans to publish The Harry Potter Lexicon amounted to "wholesale theft".
She is suing Mr Vander Ark and his publisher RDR Books in New York for copyright infringement.
Asked whether he still thought of himself as part of the Harry Potter fan community, Mr Vander Ark struggled to speak through tears. "I do," he said. "It's been... it's been difficult because there's been a lot of criticism, obviously, but... it has been an important part of my life for the last nine years or so."
On Monday, Rowling told the court she had stopped work on a new novel because her legal concerns had "decimated my creative work". She denied the case was about money and accused Mr Vander Ark of "an act of betrayal" in using her fiction as the basis for his guide.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7349913.stm
the poor fucker, don't know what rowling has to gain by all this. i guess he still breached copyright, but fucking hell, give the guy a break.
look at him, he is harry potter for fuck sake: