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Old 05-06-2008, 08:19 PM   #98
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Personally I think that Ms. Rowling is 100% in the right, here. Using someone else's characters without their permission - what copyright law calls "creating a derived work" - is unquestionably a breach of copyright.
A lot of people are using the persona 'Jesus' without asking the church (or who's responsible for that mess ;o).

But I agree - she gets a little bit too greedy (and she hates ebooks - so another reason NOT to buy her books).
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