http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/tag_rss/copyright/html In presidings over a copyright lawsuit yesterday, a fan creating a &quot;Harry Potter Lexicon&quot; -- an encyclopedia of sorts about the world of Harry Potter -- <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/todaystalk/20080416_Tattle__Infringing_is_a_weepy_issue_to_this_Potter_fan.html">cried</a>. J.K. Rowling, the author of the infamous books, called the encyclopedia &quot;sloppy, lazy and ... wholesale theft&quot; of her work.<br /> <br /> But it turns out Rowling likes Vander Ark's website, something the middle school librarian created as a companion site over the years. It's just that Rowling is concerned that the Lexicon could compete with her own forthcoming Harry Potter encyclopedia.<br /> <br /> At this point, Rowling's creation has become to big for her to control. Harry Potter has become part of global culture. Clearly she has chosen to pick and choose which &quot;copyright violations&quot; she will go after -- and this one was targeted because it directly competed with something she herself planned to sell. http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/post/ksteiger/CLm2 http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/post/ksteiger/CLm2/commentary#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:27:34 EDT http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/post/ksteiger/CLm2 Kay Steiger http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/profile_picture/c7a4ecb70cfd3217c6_nt3mv2rgz.gif Kay Steiger Campus Progress 1 http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/comment_rss/CLm2/