The site was created by school librarian Steve Vander Ark. It contains detailed information for all seven published Harry Potter books. The Lexicon lists characters, places, creatures, spells, potions and magical devices, as well as analyzing magical theory and other details of the series. The Lexicon is credited as creating one of the first timelines of all events occurring in the Harry Potter universe. A similar timeline of events was adopted by Warner Bros. for inclusion with their Harry Potterfilm DVDs, and was accepted by author J. K. Rowling as conforming to her works.
The Lexicon is a winner of J. K. Rowling's Fan Site Award. Rowling said:[1]
This is such a great site that I have been known to sneak into an internet café while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a copy of Harry Potter (which is embarrassing). A website for the dangerously obsessive; my natural home.
On October 31, 2007, J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers filed a lawsuit against RDR Books over the publication of Vander Ark's Lexicon in book form.[2][3][4] The lawsuit was heard in a New York court on April 14, 2008.[5] Whilst some sources refer to Vander Ark being sued, the lawsuit actually names only RDR Books.[6]
The lawsuit states:
The infringing book is particularly troubling as it is in direct contravention to Ms. Rowling's repeatedly stated intention to publish her own companion books to the series.[7]
The result of the lawsuit was that the book could be published, but not in its present form. A modified version of the book was published in 2009. This case went to bench trial in the New York Federal District Court of Judge Robert Patterson on April 14, 2008. RDR Books’ defense team, which includes solo San Francisco practitioner, Lizbeth Hasse of the Creative Industry Law Group, solo New York practitioner David Hammer, and the Fair Use Project at Stanford University Law School, has replied to the suit, arguing:
In support of her position Ms Rowling appears to claim a monopoly on the right to publish literary reference guides, and other non-academic research, relating to her own fiction. This is a right no court has ever recognized. It has little to recommend it. If accepted, it would dramatically extend the reach of copyright protection, and eliminate an entire genre of literary supplements: third party reference guides to fiction, which for centuries have helped readers better access, understand and enjoy literary works.[8]
Rowling stated that her efforts to halt the publishing of the Lexicon have been crushing her creativity, and said that she was not sure if she has "the will or the heart" to now publish her own encyclopedia.[9]
On 8 September 2008, Rowling won her copyright case against RDR Books.[10] Lexicon publisher RDR Books said:
We are encouraged by the fact the court recognized that as a general matter authors do not have the right to stop the publication of reference guides and companion books about literary works. As for the Lexicon, we are obviously disappointed with the result, and RDR is considering all of its options.
Publicationedit
In December, 2008, a modified (and shorter) version of Vander Ark's Lexicon was approved for publication and was released January 16, 2009 as The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction.[11]
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^Crace, John (March 11, 2008). "Harry Potter: the last battle". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
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^(PDF). October 31, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-29.
^Kearney, Christine (October 31, 2007). "Rowling, Warner Bros. sue over Potter book". Reuters.
^Falzone, Anthony (February 10, 2008). "RDR Files Opposition To Rowling's Preliminary Injunction Motion". Stanford Law School.
^"Rowling testifies in Potter case". BBC News. April 14, 2008.
^"JK Rowling Wins Copyright Claim". Sky News. September 9, 2008.
^The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials. ASIN 1571431748.
External linksedit
The Harry Potter Lexicon
Case page on Justia.com
December 14, 2023
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The Harry Potter Lexicon is a fan created online encyclopedia of the Harry Potter series Steve Vander Ark creator of the Harry Potter Lexicon speaking at the Sectus conference in London in 2007 Contents 1 Overview 2 Lawsuit 3 Publication 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOverview editThe site was created by school librarian Steve Vander Ark It contains detailed information for all seven published Harry Potter books The Lexicon lists characters places creatures spells potions and magical devices as well as analyzing magical theory and other details of the series The Lexicon is credited as creating one of the first timelines of all events occurring in the Harry Potter universe A similar timeline of events was adopted by Warner Bros for inclusion with their Harry Potter film DVDs and was accepted by author J K Rowling as conforming to her works The Lexicon is a winner of J K Rowling s Fan Site Award Rowling said 1 This is such a great site that I have been known to sneak into an internet cafe while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a copy of Harry Potter which is embarrassing A website for the dangerously obsessive my natural home Lawsuit editMain article Warner Bros Entertainment Inc v RDR Books On October 31 2007 J K Rowling and Warner Brothers filed a lawsuit against RDR Books over the publication of Vander Ark s Lexicon in book form 2 3 4 The lawsuit was heard in a New York court on April 14 2008 5 Whilst some sources refer to Vander Ark being sued the lawsuit actually names only RDR Books 6 The lawsuit states The infringing book is particularly troubling as it is in direct contravention to Ms Rowling s repeatedly stated intention to publish her own companion books to the series 7 The result of the lawsuit was that the book could be published but not in its present form A modified version of the book was published in 2009 This case went to bench trial in the New York Federal District Court of Judge Robert Patterson on April 14 2008 RDR Books defense team which includes solo San Francisco practitioner Lizbeth Hasse of the Creative Industry Law Group solo New York practitioner David Hammer and the Fair Use Project at Stanford University Law School has replied to the suit arguing In support of her position Ms Rowling appears to claim a monopoly on the right to publish literary reference guides and other non academic research relating to her own fiction This is a right no court has ever recognized It has little to recommend it If accepted it would dramatically extend the reach of copyright protection and eliminate an entire genre of literary supplements third party reference guides to fiction which for centuries have helped readers better access understand and enjoy literary works 8 Rowling stated that her efforts to halt the publishing of the Lexicon have been crushing her creativity and said that she was not sure if she has the will or the heart to now publish her own encyclopedia 9 On 8 September 2008 Rowling won her copyright case against RDR Books 10 Lexicon publisher RDR Books said We are encouraged by the fact the court recognized that as a general matter authors do not have the right to stop the publication of reference guides and companion books about literary works As for the Lexicon we are obviously disappointed with the result and RDR is considering all of its options Publication editIn December 2008 a modified and shorter version of Vander Ark s Lexicon was approved for publication and was released January 16 2009 as The Lexicon An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction 11 See also editHarry Potter fandomReferences edit J K Rowling J K Rowling Official Site Section Fan Sites The Harry Potter Lexicon JKRowling com Archived from the original on 2006 03 16 Rowling suing fan over new Potter book CNN April 14 2008 Archived from the original on April 15 2008 Retrieved April 15 2008 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Neumeister Larry February 29 2008 JK Rowling Bashes Harry Potter Lexicon Associated Press Archived from the original on March 5 2008 Crace John March 11 2008 Harry Potter the last battle The Guardian London Retrieved May 25 2010 JK Rowling sues to block fan site s Harry Potter book Out law com March 18 2008 Copy of Complaint PDF October 31 2007 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 12 29 Kearney Christine October 31 2007 Rowling Warner Bros sue over Potter book Reuters Falzone Anthony February 10 2008 RDR Files Opposition To Rowling s Preliminary Injunction Motion Stanford Law School Rowling testifies in Potter case BBC News April 14 2008 JK Rowling Wins Copyright Claim Sky News September 9 2008 The Lexicon An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials ASIN 1571431748 External links editThe Harry Potter Lexicon Case page on Justia com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Harry Potter Lexicon amp oldid 1174536385, 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