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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
Perhaps you should read it a little more carefully yourself:
Perhaps you should read it a little more carefully yourself:
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Notwithstanding Rowling’s public statements of her intention to publish her own encyclopedia, the market for reference guides to the Harry Potter works is not exclusively hers to exploit or license, no matter the commercial success attributable to the popularity of the original works. [...] The market for reference guides does not become derivative simply because the copyright holder seeks to produce or license one.
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I did indeed read that, but it's not relevent here. Where Mr. Ark's book fell down is the issue of "fair use". A "reference guide" written by a third party has to contain a significant level of original "creativity"; Mr. Ark's was (apparently) virtually nothing more than material copied verbatem from Ms. Rowling's work, and therefore not "fair use".