J.K. Rowling files suit against author of Harry Potter Lexicon
As J.K. Rowling sees it, her kindness to fans may come back to bite her. In papers filed for a lawsuit, J.K. Rowling says that she feels betrayed by a fan, Steven Vander Ark, for his role in trying to publish an unauthorized reference to her Harry Potter books.
Vander Ark is an editor of a website that contains fan-created collections of essays and encyclopedic material on the Harry Potter universe, including lists of spells and potions, magical creatures, and a who’s who in all of her books.
She says:
“I am deeply troubled by the portrayal of my efforts to protect and preserve the copyrights I have been granted in the Harry Potter books,” she wrote in court papers filed Wednesday in a lawsuit she brought against the small Muskegon, Mich., publisher.
She said she intends to publish her own definitive Harry Potter encyclopedia.
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