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Originally Posted by HarryT
Of course it's a derivative work! Copyright law allows limited quoting from a work for purposes of literary criticism, etc, but this hardly constitutes that.
Besides which, this is not a "fan guide", distributed free on the internet. It's a commercial publication. This is just a guy who's cynically trying to make money from Ms. Rowling's work.
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Harry, if memory serves, this "Fan guide" was exactly that - a "lexicon" that was originally distributed freely on the internet. It wasn't until the content was gathered into a book form and scheduled for publication that Rowling objected and sued. Seems to me that Rowling's motive was clear - as long as no one was making money on it it was okay for everyone - the moment there was money to be made on it she "intejected."