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The coverage of the trial in the New York press was similarly slanted. There is a whole side to this matter which I think we should bear in mind (without getting into a long discussion), and this is the question of how much copyright control should be retained and for how long? The U.S. Congress recently again voted to extend the term of copyright, thus giving existing copyright holders, even more control: this means that Disney or Fox or, yes, Warner's now can hold onto copyrights for even more time. The Rowling trial (really, the Warner's trial) should be considered in this light. The U.S. Constitution set a time limit on copyrights (and patents) and it seems to many of us here in the U.S. that that term should not be continually extended. Of course, Rowling is still alive, so this issue is not of immediate bearing, but it gives this trial a context which may make the emotional tone more understandable.
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