I find issue with both sides, and still think that there should be a settlement.

I have to agree with Mr. Card and Mr. Jennings. As Ken Jennings said,

“Books like The Harry Potter Lexicon are nothing new. When I was a kid, I had a bunch of unlicensed glossaries like these on my shelves: Robert Foster’s Complete Guide to Middle-Earth, Bjo Trimble’s Star Trek Concordance, etc.”

Our host was doing some work recently, and they seem to have lost all our files. We have a backup, but an outdated one. We’ve got a bare minimum of what we need, so we’ll have to re-build a lot of things. So don’t worry too much about things not working for now. News will continue to be posted, and all the content seems to be here.

“lexicons for popular series are common and both Narnia and Middle-Earth have multiple such guides. Although the works have generally been considered a “transformative” use of an author’s work and world, Rowling is prepared to argue that the new lexicon does not, in fact, pass the fair use four-part test found in US copyright law.”

Three words: Culture of Ownership. This will majorly affect future fair-use cases, and not in  good way. Being an aspiring writer myself, I think I have a general idea what JKR is thinking, but I have to say I’m on Mr. Vander Ark’s side here.

Looking at previous coverage of this lawsuit, I’ve noticed that the website keeps being dragged into this. The outcome will not just affect the Lexicon, but the entire internet. If this precedent is set, fair-use is three steps closer to disappearing altogether.

The picture (as seen below) depicts Harry showing Snape’s copy of Advanced Potionmaking to Ron and Hermione in the Gryffindor common room.

Thanks to Leaky and Mugglenet.