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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master

Incidentally, Groklaw has an excellent lengthy analysis of the decision.

Very nice analysis. I thought this statement by the judge was particularly interesting:

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.

It came down to an assessment of how much was quoted verbatim, especially from the two companion books.