tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30753983.post8281487154881357419..comments2023-09-30T03:37:30.315-04:00Comments on Guardienne of the Tomes: J.K. Rowling and Copyright: A Librarian's Takewarmaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08391769344411207864noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30753983.post-90229225894473763162008-01-21T13:15:00.000-05:002008-01-21T13:15:00.000-05:00You can't copyright facts, so Rowling is very like...You can't copyright facts, so Rowling is very likely to lose the lawsuit simply because the work in question was a collection of facts, not fan-fiction.<BR/><BR/>Fan-fiction, however, is defined as <I>derivative work</I> and while the author of the fan-fiction piece owns the copyright of his/her work, the author of the original work (Rowling, in this case) has control over the publication rights of the derivative work.<BR/><BR/>The "Dumbledore is gay" thing didn't really bother me all that much since from what I've heard the guy's sexuality never even came up in the books. In that context it amounts to saying something like: "...and this character's small intestine is two inches longer than regular." To me it doesn't seem like a big issue.Elverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883756259775426088noreply@blogger.com