Judge tells Rowling, Vander Ark to settle out of court

[BGR]

I totally disagree, that's a very short sighted veiw. Anyone should have the right to write a reference guide. The seperation between intellectual rights and reference is fundumental for the flow of information in society. Other wise you might as well start burning dictionaries, encyclopedia, fan mags, newspapers, book reviews ect.
I am a big supporter of Rowling's aggresiveness to protect the integrity of the wizard world, but this time she has over stepped her own rights. If she really wants to kill the RDR book, what she needs to do is announce she is going to release her own soon and get bust working on it. That would pretty much kill interest in the book.(which the law suit might just be a tactic on her part to delay RDR's book while she does just that)

[Macro]

GrammarNazi wrote:

"why dont he just write his own book ... oh wait he cant he has to steal others idea's"
Which you're obviously completely incapable of, seeing as how you have approximately zero command of the English language.
/me hands Andy in St. Louis some punctuation and grammar lessons, which will be helpful when he decides to learn about this thing called "literacy"

My dear, if you're going to hassle someone about poor grammar and punctuation, it would be prudent to ensure that your own post has no such errors. Yes, his grammar was far worse, but yours wasn't great. Please don't end clauses with prepositions. Thanks.

[Park Township parent]

Missy wrote:

LOL! Basically the judge said "Grow up". That's great!

No, that's not what he said at all. He said that there was a real grey area in the law, and that the case would likely lead to a lengthy appeals process. Thus, the more pragmatic approach would be to find some way to settle the case. That does not mean "grow up".

I'm with Rowling on this. It was one thing for him to provide info about her material for free on his website, but he changed it when he decided to profit off of her work. Call it what you want, but that's stealing.