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Originally Posted by tompe
It is relevant for you strong claim that "The issue at the centre of the case is that Ms. Rowling, as an author, has an exclusive right to commercially exploit her work. " and that is not true which was shown in the quote.
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No, it is absolutely true. If someone else writes a reference guide which is their own material then it's THEIR work. The issue in this case is that Mr Ark had assembled a work from quotes from Ms. Rowling's books; there was next to no material of his in the book; that's where it fell foul of the law.
I note that Mr. Ark is currently writing a book on places in the UK which have featured in the HP books and movies. I wish him every success with it - although it's obviously playing off the back of the success of Ms. Rowling's work, that will undoubtedly be all Mr. Ark's own work, and is, therefore, perfectly OK.