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Originally Posted by elena
By the way, Ark was not a party to the suit, he was a deponent.
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I haven't been following it too closely, but the way I understand it is that it wasn't Ark's idea to publish the Lexicon. He was happy with it just being an online fan website. A publishing company approached him and requested the rights to publish the material. Obviously, Ark had to agree in order for them to proceed, but I don't think it was his idea. I also remember reading things suggesting that when the publisher approached him, Ark brought up the notion that copyright would be an issue. I don't think he necessarily thought it would be a legal lexicon either. I believe that, as part of the deal to aquire the rights, there were clauses that the publishing company would be responsible for any copyright infringement claims and that Ark himself would not be held liable.