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Originally Posted by delphidb96
I disagree. The court made a *bad* decision and this puts all "derivative" works based upon extracting information and putting it in a database form. Think of all the Prima gaming guides for games like Diablo and Warcraft.
Nope, it was a clear case of stupid greed (Rowling) and idiocy (the court) winning over justice.
Derek
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The key point made by the court in this case is that there was virtually no "creative input" by the author; he'd just taken extracts of Rowling's work and presented it pretty-much word-for-word. One would imagine that in a game guide, the author would have put a lot of effort into figuring out how to win the game - that presumably count as "creative input".
I'm afraid I disagree with your conclusion.