tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9951561950181069602024-03-21T08:26:43.750-04:00Shell CottageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-14351912746467235732009-06-12T11:46:00.007-04:002009-06-12T11:51:08.846-04:00Hadwrick Hall: Will this be Malfoy Manner in Deathly Hallows?It's the Elizabethan Hardwick Hall - here are two photos, one historic and one recent:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEire4vungaQSfXxz9PtdGuIN4htQ-wmNnYDdkisIrEZWB7hTR-tcI7n9LXLiNHr2QnfY-jczDKKTTS6803IsKBfwYeUn-PdY-Cui4HrBUK_6Peeyp2laN-VPRWY7P-GYbL4aPh67WmA6eE/s1600-h/Nottinghamshire,+Mansfield,+Hardwick+Hall+1900%27s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEire4vungaQSfXxz9PtdGuIN4htQ-wmNnYDdkisIrEZWB7hTR-tcI7n9LXLiNHr2QnfY-jczDKKTTS6803IsKBfwYeUn-PdY-Cui4HrBUK_6Peeyp2laN-VPRWY7P-GYbL4aPh67WmA6eE/s400/Nottinghamshire,+Mansfield,+Hardwick+Hall+1900%27s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346468303954030738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTURAYfxOdTNNG1VwnivuY0oEs7g9kkW1ZH5NbrT29biapio2c8Kvwe-s8iKh9ogf_PUBIACmVuUwGwVuBf_YC-zr2TEIi2ndLZbB-3KDBC8j8L3FHxqqT1FKiLE6-AdQ4u93Y5l-WqUQ/s1600-h/Hardwick+Hall"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTURAYfxOdTNNG1VwnivuY0oEs7g9kkW1ZH5NbrT29biapio2c8Kvwe-s8iKh9ogf_PUBIACmVuUwGwVuBf_YC-zr2TEIi2ndLZbB-3KDBC8j8L3FHxqqT1FKiLE6-AdQ4u93Y5l-WqUQ/s400/Hardwick+Hall" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346468800867752034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tip of the Tinfoil to <a href="http://the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/6/12/deathly-hallows-movie-updates-charity-burbage-cast-possible-historic-home-for-exterior-shots-and-more">Leaky</a>!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-34408511069177762702009-06-12T11:43:00.000-04:002009-06-12T11:44:20.457-04:00Interviews with the cast on Half Blood Prince<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YCt9qNZ862o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YCt9qNZ862o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-92024911199563691742009-05-03T01:47:00.004-04:002009-05-03T01:50:03.198-04:00Shell Cottage for Deathly Hallows film almost completed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutzBE9IPNchJa4OJo4GC45BzCMBbNIIeKKtZpuaD7WLSMimkWwZKO5-Bcmr4OlmR5DSQaFWg93SEAf248Omp1jPI-AF2FwhN_DE-1Sb6FFxaPJXv4GSxY9YRCkdvE5AdNQL-b_CWI3HU/s1600-h/Shell+Cottage+Almost+Done.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutzBE9IPNchJa4OJo4GC45BzCMBbNIIeKKtZpuaD7WLSMimkWwZKO5-Bcmr4OlmR5DSQaFWg93SEAf248Omp1jPI-AF2FwhN_DE-1Sb6FFxaPJXv4GSxY9YRCkdvE5AdNQL-b_CWI3HU/s400/Shell+Cottage+Almost+Done.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331470862926526770" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-75572412883754962362009-04-24T14:54:00.003-04:002009-04-24T14:57:21.672-04:00"Shell Cottage" under construction!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQFL8VQEEMlAzv2w8SqzyVauSqVs3BMrs-PxO2UDMks1A-vJg_PI24TEOoYfi5NaQy9YX6um07Vw5ocKMMUhcb55ml83oKZivy4pWMO2sZWsIty2jIKGVnUZYPyo-4sjRjECarpZOB0s/s1600-h/Shell+Cottage+Under+Construction.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQFL8VQEEMlAzv2w8SqzyVauSqVs3BMrs-PxO2UDMks1A-vJg_PI24TEOoYfi5NaQy9YX6um07Vw5ocKMMUhcb55ml83oKZivy4pWMO2sZWsIty2jIKGVnUZYPyo-4sjRjECarpZOB0s/s400/Shell+Cottage+Under+Construction.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328333658703561186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU2XGQ2cUjSW3LnqCftojxew19Pt9Y9Z74yRAU2wU440jTpCfeAYDbY6_3OVPobWSBonK7fR3IzqMdNuEIbYmn73qLixCeK7ryV1-y6mesxyE5xzfz9ou1sq0d3n2m9NruesqdmEy4Ww/s1600-h/Shell+Cottage+.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU2XGQ2cUjSW3LnqCftojxew19Pt9Y9Z74yRAU2wU440jTpCfeAYDbY6_3OVPobWSBonK7fR3IzqMdNuEIbYmn73qLixCeK7ryV1-y6mesxyE5xzfz9ou1sq0d3n2m9NruesqdmEy4Ww/s400/Shell+Cottage+.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328333660965933634" /></a><br /><br />Tip of the tinfoil to Leaky!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-21745180177315839712009-04-16T18:37:00.002-04:002009-04-16T18:55:24.055-04:00New Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince Trailer - and this one is a doozy!<a href="http://www.eonline.com/videos/v19914010001_Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince_Trailer.html">Here's the link</a>. We'll put up the video as soon as it's available.<br /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1396519019" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=19914010001&linkBaseURL=http://www.eonline.com/videos/v19914010001_Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince_Trailer.html&playerId=1396519019&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="425" height="366" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-5474129036007233962009-04-01T14:31:00.004-04:002009-04-01T14:33:28.183-04:00Looks like Wizards Twitter!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDr1oKKpXGEZ7aTNO5TiI_upmwGtxneQULm0elz-gTUjvmKrylJERiYEOEdPRYZfE6nJVw4Bciv4Lly_Elv-TWOQOFK19ZWmMaQvBsrSyS0ePVCcX2sih0B_AI5swA4fAnq52fs-grzk/s1600-h/Hooter+and+Twitter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 59px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDr1oKKpXGEZ7aTNO5TiI_upmwGtxneQULm0elz-gTUjvmKrylJERiYEOEdPRYZfE6nJVw4Bciv4Lly_Elv-TWOQOFK19ZWmMaQvBsrSyS0ePVCcX2sih0B_AI5swA4fAnq52fs-grzk/s200/Hooter+and+Twitter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319792711092646610" border="0" /></a><a href="http://the-leaky-cauldron.org/hooter">Check it out here</a>. Tip of the Tinfoil to Leaky. Well done. And Happy April Fools Day!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-62462927208576128762009-03-10T09:27:00.006-04:002009-03-10T09:44:53.246-04:00Only in New York!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47RbseEy5SCBNf17jjef_E2EG9CieXXRy7xgtveT0ah-VloEFA3G5tUATInbJSAFZ3q3YNdbuVfH9FaD1SFz74ArC7Ox5wZkGcxOaqsN3CXS2uRPwKP6yOzRa2JG_lqawpIRNVZP9JxmM/s1600-h/Harry+Potter"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47RbseEy5SCBNf17jjef_E2EG9CieXXRy7xgtveT0ah-VloEFA3G5tUATInbJSAFZ3q3YNdbuVfH9FaD1SFz74ArC7Ox5wZkGcxOaqsN3CXS2uRPwKP6yOzRa2JG_lqawpIRNVZP9JxmM/s200/Harry+Potter" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311549980140677650" border="0" /></a>The actor/writer <a href="http://twitter.com/stephenfry">Stephen Fry</a> just posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/home">Twitter</a>:<br /><br />"<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Back in the groove now. Bracing 4 mile walk up Central Park catching up with old News Quiz podcasts. Bumped into Jim Dale, fine and dear man."<br /><br />What do the two men have in common? Why <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dale">Jim Dale</a> is the reader of the </span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">audio </span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">editions for the <span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter</span> series in the US, while <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry">Stephen Fry</a> is the reader of the audio editions of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter</span> series for the UK. Only in New York!<br /></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-53633236115429647292009-02-13T10:30:00.004-05:002009-02-13T10:35:15.512-05:00An Incredible Acheivement: Deathly Hallows now a fan-made claymation film<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pvUCJU1a7dI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pvUCJU1a7dI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />This is part one of a 26-part fan-made claymation adaption of the final book of the Harry Potter series, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Deathly Hallows.</span> It's simply amazing - this is by one fan with an extraordinary dream - and does he pull it off. This is not computer generated - it's hand made. The characters are all fashioned out of clay, and there are voices for the characters with dialogue and scenes and atmospheric music is included as well. The entire book is adapted. The Leaky Cauldron reports that major scenes are depicted, including, "the adventures in Gringotts, the heartbreaking moments at Shell Cottage, the epic battle for Hogwarts, the pivotal events with Nagini, Snape and the Prince's Tale, and the emotional Forest scene are all vividly brought to life."<br /><br />Twenty-two year old "Ryan" is a recent graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a bachelors degree in filmmaking. "I do claymation as a hobby while trying to find work in the film business," he writes at his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lecter63">You Tube Channel</a>.<br /><br />We have five months to go before WB releases <span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince</span> and filming for the two-part final film of <span style="font-style: italic;">Deathy Hallows</span> has just begun. So this could keep anyone busy for quite a while. Enjoy!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The YouTube channel is </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lecter63">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-37130533977313263922009-02-11T14:26:00.005-05:002009-02-11T14:31:48.745-05:00Steve Vander Ark's Lexicon is finally published!<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The Harry Potter Lexicon is finally published! From <a href="http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/02/fans_excited_about_harry_potte.html">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L-vnH9ZiQIZ4ugeJr6wYVHdRLokNlElhwgc0p3JcpZ9DzHiRRsh8p49BN-_QT-Komoq1nRWN7WNVqYk2AhzfW561lmmAjKhULEWvw94JipxMuJAXzgbwbw29MGL7CWenwypgiefLKAur/s1600-h/Steve+Vander+Ark"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L-vnH9ZiQIZ4ugeJr6wYVHdRLokNlElhwgc0p3JcpZ9DzHiRRsh8p49BN-_QT-Komoq1nRWN7WNVqYk2AhzfW561lmmAjKhULEWvw94JipxMuJAXzgbwbw29MGL7CWenwypgiefLKAur/s200/Steve+Vander+Ark" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301623135819435106" border="0" /></a>I've had very positive response to the book," said Vander Ark, who lives in the Grand Rapids area. "The reviews have been good, but also the fans are excited about it. Harry Potter fans are incredibly creative people; they love to have a reference to the books so they can be accurate when they write, create costumes and other things."<br /><br />"The Lexicon" initially drew the ire of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who filed a lawsuit saying the book violated the copyright of Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment, which owns the movie rights to the series. A U.S. District judge ruled in Rowling's favor, which led Vander Ark to rewrite his lexicon. RDR Books printed 40,000 copies, with 35,000 already shipped.<br /><br />"In many ways, it is a better book," Vander Ark said of the changes he made after the lawsuit. "The first book was intended to be exhaustive of every detail without much commentary and background. This book now includes lots more of both."</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Well done, Steve! Read the rest of article <a href="http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/02/fans_excited_about_harry_potte.html">here</a>. Order the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lexicon-Steve-Vander-Ark/dp/1571431748">here</a>. The <a href="http://www.hp-lexicon.org/">original landmark website</a> that started it all is <a href="http://www.hp-lexicon.org/">here</a>.<br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-66318181673230745672009-01-23T19:44:00.000-05:002009-01-23T19:45:00.672-05:00New Half-Blood Prince Film PreviewAnd it's from Japan!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a6GA2ZBH1P4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a6GA2ZBH1P4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-72393659059613042892008-12-17T20:56:00.001-05:002008-12-17T20:56:28.869-05:00Pottercast Live<embed width="330" height="330" src="http://www.blogtv.com/livesdk/b2TDYeXEaeXEZ2_HZP" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><span size =" 1"><a href="http://www.blogtv.com/People/pottercast">pottercast</a>- <a href="http://www.blogtv.com/">Broadcast your self LIVE</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-42571374929975993002008-12-05T20:34:00.006-05:002008-12-05T21:06:31.453-05:00The best of all worlds: The Harry Potter Lexicon will be published - finally - next month<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rdrbooks.com/books/covers/hp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 304px;" src="http://rdrbooks.com/books/covers/hp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>All four hundred and something pages.<br /><br />We're thrilled for Steve, who has been caught in the crossfire between his publisher and Warner Brothers lawyers. Warner Brothers and J.K. Rowling's lawyers sued the publisher, <a href="http://rdrbooks.com/">RDR Books</a>, over the publishing of the <a href="http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter Lexicon</span></a>, an encyclopedia - published for years online by Steve Vander Ark and even used by J.K. Rowling, as she has said publicly, while writing her own books (and, in happier and less litigious days, awarded Steve Vander Ark her one of her first <a href="http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/fansite_view.cfm?id=14">fan site awards</a> after the launch of <a href="http://www.jkrowling.com/">JKRowling.com</a>, her official website).<br /><br />When it went to book form, the lawsuits started flying and war broke amongst HP fans to rival any sort of war we might see - or not see - in the wizarding world. It's not been pretty. While Warner Brothers was not successful in its pursuit of a more rigid restriction of commentary using an argument for the protection intellectual property (i.e., increasing the scope of trademark law to include not only particular images, but also particular words "invented" by J.K. Rowling), as well as challenging the publication of works that have been long online when they went into print, it was successful in putting a red light on the publication of the original text of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Lexicon</span> for the print version (but not the online version). However, the judge gave a green light to RDR books that if revisions were made, the <span style="font-style: italic;">Lexicon</span> could be published.<br /><br />Those changes are now completed (and it looks like from initial reports for the better) and a green light from J.K. Rowling's lawyers has been granted, we can expect to see the newly revised <span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter Lexicon</span> in January. We raise our glasses of Butterbeer in honor of Steve's work, a celebration of J.K. Rowling's amazing achievement, and look forward to getting our own copy next month.<br /><br />The best of all worlds.<br /><br /><i>The Harry Potter Lexicon</i> will be released on January 12th 2009.<br /><br />Here's <a href="http://www.mlive.com/chronicle/news/index.ssf/2008/12/local_publisher_revamps_harry.html">more on the story</a>:<br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">We think it's a better book in many ways because it has a lot more analysis," said Roger D. Rapaport of Muskegon, whose RDR Books is publishing The Lexicon. "He's done an amazing amount of new work." <p>Rapaport, Vander Ark and their team of lawyers -- including Craig Monette of Muskegon -- are confident this version of The Lexicon will pass legal muster. (The cover was negotiated by both sides to avoid a separate planned trademark lawsuit.) The book is set to be released on Jan. 12 in the United States and England.</p> <p>For $24.95, readers can get a treasure trove of background information about the Harry Potter series that Vander Ark, who calls himself "just a librarian," culled through years of research. They'll get not only an index of characters, but background on them, the reasons behind their names, the folklore and mythology behind the creatures they encounter and much more.</p> <p>"There's so much depth to her writing," Vander Ark said. "It makes a book like 'The Lexicon' enhance her work."</p> <p>A fan of the Harry Potter series, which he has read dozens of times, Vander Ark said he doesn't give away any of the plots, but entices readers to re-read the books for more meaning and to make connections they may have missed.</p> <p>He said it will be especially appealing to Harry Potter fans who have read the series and "who have a sense there's so much more there."</p> <p>He culled information from interviews and articles Rowling has written as well as a great deal of "literary detective" work.</p> <p>In suing RDR Books over "The Lexicon," Rowling claimed it took away from her own plans to write a reference guide to her series. But the judge, in the first-ever opinion on the legality of reference books based on other literary works, said there was nothing inherently wrong with writing "The Lexicon," Rapaport said.</p> <p>But he ruled against RDR Books because Vander Ark had used descriptions and wording too close to Rowling's and inappropriately used material from two guide books she had written about the series.</p> <p>Using the judge's very detailed, 68-page ruling, Vander Ark said he was able to rewrite his book to comply with the law. The ruling by the judge served not only as a "rule book" for Vander Ark, but any author looking to compile reference books on literary work, Rapaport said.</p> <p>An October conference held by the University of San Francisco attended by about 100 attorneys featured a daylong presentation by Vander Ark and lawyers from both sides of the case.</p> <p>"In legal circles ... it's being written about as one of the major intellectual property cases in the 21st century," Rapaport said.</p> <p>On Thursday, RDR Books officially withdrew its appeal of U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson's decision, and Rowling's public relations agency issued a statement favorable to the release of the rewritten lexicon.</p> <p>"We are delighted that this matter is finally and favorably resolved and that J.K. Rowling's rights -- and indeed the rights of all authors of creative works -- have been protected," the statement said. "We are also pleased to hear that rather than continue to litigate, RDR have themselves decided to publish a different book prepared with reference to Judge Patterson's decision."</p> <p>Vander Ark said he never intended to offend Rowling, but rather wanted to give her books "deeper meaning."</p> <p>"I don't want to do a book she's unhappy with," he said. "I'm a fan of hers."</p> </blockquote> <p>Read the whole thing <a href="http://www.mlive.com/chronicle/news/index.ssf/2008/12/local_publisher_revamps_harry.html">here</a>.<br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-78804363584921305932008-12-04T15:44:00.003-05:002008-12-04T15:51:50.413-05:00The Tales of Beedle the Bard goes on sale today!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0adoqhtEsgJPS7n3TdqJU0fE12pXL6ZzcU3UJJ9kOXPYm9_bQT-Tkl89rfbZxCIgY9hnXSCsqkUopObT1BlpftaYW7q1Zcj67ed6p0vbxosgvjH0GKt5qnNLmYzy22-xc4WqLlrBMWc/s1600-h/Tales.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0adoqhtEsgJPS7n3TdqJU0fE12pXL6ZzcU3UJJ9kOXPYm9_bQT-Tkl89rfbZxCIgY9hnXSCsqkUopObT1BlpftaYW7q1Zcj67ed6p0vbxosgvjH0GKt5qnNLmYzy22-xc4WqLlrBMWc/s400/Tales.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276040248085355058" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-80038589136706293772008-11-14T22:32:00.006-05:002008-11-14T23:04:42.979-05:00J.K. Rowling writes of her favorite scene in the final book of the Harry Potter series in honor of the Prince of Wales 60th birthday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOv41QIAx3J4A-5d2yJGVDXrDxoYqrw_2Q-7tJf71jD32dgWmIYqZg0aesjWVjpLGdefHVP7fXeM9tvIcfiLaIU5tcWRkXO8EafBzZr6iF6H4MKYKncoh2OFWb9myo8JU9k5lusCNGsA/s1600-h/In+the+Forest"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOv41QIAx3J4A-5d2yJGVDXrDxoYqrw_2Q-7tJf71jD32dgWmIYqZg0aesjWVjpLGdefHVP7fXeM9tvIcfiLaIU5tcWRkXO8EafBzZr6iF6H4MKYKncoh2OFWb9myo8JU9k5lusCNGsA/s400/In+the+Forest" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268720910264500898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">BB NOTE:</span><span> Author J.K. Rowling writes of her favorite scene in the final book of the Harry Potter series, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</a><span>, commenting that it could be her favorite scene in the entire series. We know from earlier comments made by Jo Rowling that she wept as she wrote this particular chapter, called </span><a href="http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/dh/rg-dh34.html">The Forest Again</a><span>. From </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/13/jk-rowling-harry-potter-birthday-book">here</a><span>.</span><br /><p></p><blockquote><p>I admit that, at first glance, the extract I've chosen for The Birthday Book might not seem particularly celebratory, given that it has for its subject my hero walking to what he believes will be certain death. But when Harry takes his last, long walk into the heart of the Dark Forest, he is choosing to accept a burden that fell on him when still a tiny child, in spite of the fact that he never sought the role for which he has been cast, never wanted the scar with which he has been marked. As his mentor, Albus Dumbledore, has tried to make clear to Harry, he could have refused to follow the path marked out for him. In spite of the weight of opinion and expectation that singles him out as the "Chosen One", it is Harry's own will that takes him into the Forest to meet Voldemort, prepared to suffer the fate that he escaped sixteen years before.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bgW-p_KtC3LDq5V0uO7s-bJTvkk7M7n3YAuApyqtcwLpyj_SuqN6CCkUUMOlByv-g6iZCL8LJ2h0JyZdSN8uiueya9D2-gdyePwqAHBk4sdoTpuwYL6CHltPXh7QP4l5o-Cmt_IjS1w/s1600-h/I+open+at+the+close"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bgW-p_KtC3LDq5V0uO7s-bJTvkk7M7n3YAuApyqtcwLpyj_SuqN6CCkUUMOlByv-g6iZCL8LJ2h0JyZdSN8uiueya9D2-gdyePwqAHBk4sdoTpuwYL6CHltPXh7QP4l5o-Cmt_IjS1w/s320/I+open+at+the+close" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268721282417133266" border="0" /></a>The destinies of wizards and princes might seem more certain than those carved out for the rest of us, yet we all have to choose the manner in which we meet life: whether to live up (or down) to the expectations placed upon us; whether to act selfishly, or for the common good; whether to steer the course of our lives ourselves, or to allow ourselves to be buffeted around by chance and circumstance. Birthdays are often moments for reflection, moments when we pause, look around, and take stock of where we are; children gleefully contemplate how far they have come, whereas adults look forwards into the trees, wondering how much further they have to go. This extract from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is my favourite part of the seventh book; it might even be my favourite part of the entire series, and in it, Harry demonstrates his truly heroic nature, because he overcomes his own terror to protect the people he loves from death, and the whole of his society from tyranny.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcH8BkfuhD2QhbDeQu4PeSoCX7ckhvpB_RZ5T4XfR9NBlVzYXPoV22QBVAfvNF9slB3tCyqqhoQGQDhiQ0NNeQ3VZOutdzBQsCSIArWwqeazvfjc3bSLQtjvRMiA6aNGVRuOY2iEzrLF8/s1600-h/The+Birthday+Book"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 36px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcH8BkfuhD2QhbDeQu4PeSoCX7ckhvpB_RZ5T4XfR9NBlVzYXPoV22QBVAfvNF9slB3tCyqqhoQGQDhiQ0NNeQ3VZOutdzBQsCSIArWwqeazvfjc3bSLQtjvRMiA6aNGVRuOY2iEzrLF8/s200/The+Birthday+Book" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268724213748202306" border="0" /></a><span>Read more about <a href="http://www.childrenandarts.org.uk/about-us/news/the-birthday-book">The Birthday Book</a> published in honor of Prince Charles' 60th birthday </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/13/jk-rowling-harry-potter-birthday-book">here</a><span>.</span><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-62668901632348703652008-11-14T19:57:00.000-05:002008-11-14T19:58:45.949-05:00New Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Film Trailer ReleasedWell, we've got yet another trailer for the next <span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter</span> film - and yes, we have eight months to go until the film is released since WB decided to postpone the release (which originally was <span style="font-style: italic;">next week!</span>) to July 2009. But it looks spectacular! We can hardly wait.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lO3DrA1M0Tc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lO3DrA1M0Tc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-77539662942356004922008-10-26T20:01:00.001-04:002008-10-26T20:03:28.775-04:00The Story of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows told through FanartBrilliant.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uThHRm0tAGI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uThHRm0tAGI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-70867988756178094662008-10-26T19:58:00.001-04:002008-10-26T19:59:52.076-04:00The Story of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince told through fanartThis is quite extraordinary. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8HF6xlpJC9A&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8HF6xlpJC9A&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-66707304279960828282008-10-26T18:56:00.001-04:002008-10-26T18:56:47.296-04:00New Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince International Film Trailer<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TZFitUCO_pk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TZFitUCO_pk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-37714439462504928752008-09-21T22:22:00.002-04:002008-09-21T22:26:40.130-04:00Interview with Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2007/02/radcliffePA_243x332.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 159px;" src="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2007/02/radcliffePA_243x332.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Very good interview with actors Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) on the eve of the week of their opening of <span style="font-style: italic;">Equus</span> on Broadway. You can hear the entire NPR interview <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94862555">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-78846819149249462532008-09-15T21:58:00.001-04:002008-09-15T21:58:58.556-04:00Aslan<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZTKiQzA-N3M&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZTKiQzA-N3M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-58224298245126255022008-09-15T12:30:00.006-04:002008-09-15T12:40:59.977-04:00J.K. Rowling's agents request advanced copy of Steve Vander Arks travel guide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2W0uPRKggQBnsHH36igiBYdnfrZ6RXtiYd7U_O9OqPAujPabIcuGihZSY7bSRD6L8RD-BZ8TU3ahuUnDKaWNMMT_NIs2snFVde3FAMrfY1CpjL2t1U3JYYXRuoqkGkiFPYT651pBz_vw/s1600-h/In+Search+of+Harry+Potter"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2W0uPRKggQBnsHH36igiBYdnfrZ6RXtiYd7U_O9OqPAujPabIcuGihZSY7bSRD6L8RD-BZ8TU3ahuUnDKaWNMMT_NIs2snFVde3FAMrfY1CpjL2t1U3JYYXRuoqkGkiFPYT651pBz_vw/s320/In+Search+of+Harry+Potter" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288943795202946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">NOTE:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> While there are reports that RDR Books plans to file an appeal regarding the publishing of the Harry Potter Lexicon in book format, the Times Online writes that Steve Vander Ark has written a travel guide based on events in the Harry Potter series.</span><br /><p style="font-style: italic;">J.K. Rowling's agents have apparently requested to see an advanced copy before the book is published.</p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">What we're curious about here at Shell Cottage is whether the use of trademarked words will be permitted by Warner Brothers. WB has trademarked as inventions many individual words used in the series and this is the type of action being taken to control not just graphics owned by the studio, but now the words themselves. We're keeping an eye on this.</span></p><p style="font-style: italic;">Here's the London Times article from <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4748607.ece">here</a>:<br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p>An American author whose Harry Potter encyclopedia was banned after a legal battle with JK Rowling is to write a travel guide based on the boy wizard’s exploits. </p><p> Steve Vander Ark faces crossing swords with the millionaire author again by publishing a “travel memoir” detailing visits to British locations he claims inspired the Harry Potter series. </p><p> Rowling’s agents have asked to see a copy of In Search of Harry Potter before it is published next month to ensure it does not breach copyright. Last week a New York judge awarded Rowling almost £4,000 damages and banned Vander Ark’s Harry Potter Lexicon. Rowling had argued that the book was a “wholesale theft of 17 years of my hard work”. </p><p> Despite the ruling, Vander Ark, a former librarian from Michigan, said he intends to press ahead with his guide. It recounts his travels to King’s Cross station, where Potter and the other wizards board the Hogwarts Express, London’s Charing Cross Road, the site of the Leaky Cauldron pub, and Surrey, where Harry lived in the fictitious town of Little Whinging. </p><!--#include file="m63-article-related-attachements.html"--><!-- Call Wide Article Attachment Module --><!--TEMPLATE:call file="wideArticleAttachment.jsp" /--><p> He also claims to have discovered the location of Hogwarts school on Rannoch Moor in the Highlands. </p><p> “This is my own writing about my own experiences and I can’t imagine there will be any problem with this book,” he said. </p> Peter Tummons, managing director of the publishers Methuen, said: “This is a travel book . . . written in full by himself after his travels . . . There is nothing in it that would cause any distress.</blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-74802928762423334422008-09-09T22:15:00.004-04:002008-09-09T22:29:57.541-04:00Warner Brothers: "Houston, we've got a problem"<span style="font-style: italic;">The front page of the </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122083361232508617.html">Wall Street Journal</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> has it. Greg and Penny of HP Progs have this video up on YouTube that's hit Prime Time:</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pXnt8_okeRA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pXnt8_okeRA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The LeakyMug gang </span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">have this one up:</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3tXUH5FUIl4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3tXUH5FUIl4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And there are many, many more. Many, many more (see below). Just sort have to wonder what's going on in TimeWarner land these late summer days. Yo, WB - </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/09/03/time-warner-rating-markets-equity-cx_md_0903markets42.html">hey, how's that stock price doing, guys</a><span style="font-style: italic;">?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-48534811364571373322008-09-09T21:48:00.000-04:002008-09-09T21:49:02.940-04:00Take Two<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BtevtVC4XZg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BtevtVC4XZg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-64833114596887210892008-09-09T20:38:00.004-04:002008-09-09T21:07:50.785-04:00Court issues very narrow ruling on the fair use in print (not the internet) of Harry Potter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://s.wsj.net/media/hp_art_160_20080211165310.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 218px;" src="http://s.wsj.net/media/hp_art_160_20080211165310.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Internet fan sites remain untouched by ruling.</span> You can lift it on the internet, but not for profit in print, especially when the author says she's going to do it herself. A win for all.<br /><br />It looks like the court took a pass at establishing precedent through the lawsuit initiated by Warner Brothers (with Jo Rowling along for the ride) to force the print version of the <a href="http://www.hplex.org/">HP Lexicon</a> out of fans hands and back into Jo's head.<br /><br />Now she's got to write it herself - hope that all wasn't just a publicity stunt and she's really working on it. The lack of any punitive damages also shows that the judge deemed it a bit over-kill (Warner Brothers does not get its precedent-setting ruling regarding trademarking the words) plus the fact that the book never got out of the printer's office. The judge ruled that Jo Rowling is still alive and able to produce an encyclopedia herself and had declared to the world that she's going to do it instead.<br /><p>At first blush, it looks to be the best of all worlds. Jo gets to write her own book (which we will look forward to read - perhaps she can pop it out before the film next summer?), the Lexicon stays online, no punitive judgment is invoked, fan sites will not worry about threats made against them by WB if it went bad for them, and the ruling is so narrow it does not appear to set precedent.<br /></p><p>If Steve Vander Ark were to write a commentary on the books - and I wish he would - that would be fair use. My favorite part of <a href="http://pottercast.the-leaky-cauldron.org/">Pottercast</a> (until it all got rather silly of late and insider-ish) was <span style="font-style: italic;">Canon Conundrums</span> with Steve. He knew it all and he knew the mysteries and he knew how to take it to a deeper level, an adult level and out of the fan-squee. I for one would love to read his commentaries on the books. The judge encouraged that in his ruling. Frankly, I think it would be better book.<br /></p><p></p><p>Next step: Reconciliation? If Draco and Harry can find a truce, well, perhaps the parties in this litigation can as well. In time.<br /></p><p>The lack of punitive damages invoked by the judge shows that he seeks to aid in the restoration of relationships as well. And Warner Brothers is out a pretty penny in legal fees. <span style="font-style: italic;"> Boo hoo hoo.</span><br /></p><p>Here's what the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/09/08/no-fair-use-rowling-wins-copyright-spat-over-hp-lexicon/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Wall Street Journal</span></a>, which has done a very good job following the litigation, <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/09/08/no-fair-use-rowling-wins-copyright-spat-over-hp-lexicon/">writes</a>:</p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">The suit, <a href="http://news.justia.com/cases/featured/new-york/nysdce/1:2007cv09667/315790/" target="_blank">filed</a> late last year against RDR Books, an independent publishing house in Michigan, alleged that plans by Michigan-based publisher RDR to publish a print edition of the <a href="http://www.hp-lexicon.org/" target="_blank">Harry Potter Lexicon</a>, a Web site that serves as a rather daunting compendium of all things Harry, violated Warner and Rowling’s copyright and takes away the future market for a similar compendium that Rowling plans to write. <p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/potterdecision.pdf" target="_blank">Here’s</a> the opinion. </p> <p>Judge Patterson ruled in Rowling’s favor because the “Lexicon appropriates too much of Rowling’s creative work for its purposes as a reference guide.” He also wrote that, “While the Lexicon, in its current state, is not a fair use of the Harry Potter works, reference works that share the Lexicon’s purpose of aiding readers of literature generally should be encouraged rather than stifled.” </p> <p>Ethan Horwitz, an IP lawyer at King & Spalding, told the Law Blog: “What Judge Patterson is saying is that when you look at fair use, one of the dominant issues is, are you providing commentary or taking the value of the work and selling it as your own? He decided that the value of the work was being taken, that [Rowling] had the ability to put out the kind of encyclopedia that [Vander Ark] was putting out, and that she’d indicated an intent to do so.”</p> <p>O’Melveny’s <a href="http://www.omm.com/lawyers/Detail.aspx?attorney=6705" target="_blank">Dale Cendali</a> repped Rowling and Warner Bros. </p> <p>David Hammer, a solo practitioner in Manhattan, took the lead for RDR. He got help from Stanford Law School’s <a href="http://www.law.stanford.edu/directory/profile/276/Anthony%20Falzone/" target="_blank">Anthony Falzone</a> — a former Bingham McCutcheon litigator and the heir apparent to Lawrence Lessig’s <a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/taxonomy/term/374" target="_blank">Fair Use Project</a> and <a href="http://www.creativelawgroup.com/hasse2.jsp" target="_blank">Lizbeth Hasse</a>, of San Francisco’s Creative Industry Law Group.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>There is still something very sad about all this. Good night, Severus.<br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995156195018106960.post-66000385906890076902008-09-06T23:58:00.009-04:002008-09-07T18:37:38.301-04:00Half Blood Prince Test Previw in Chicago<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpjFVtHRXlkUH0r2SO8rIYe-fk2kzESaAiyVDp8xngJJ6Sj5b69sYoHz5uZT9UOq1NRdYxThU0FERjKKtboKs8EhCUPug6wioQ_hhxgekpjCSLNcnFnsNZ7LiBd1Z-H1a1RgDz37BuCk/s1600-h/Spearmint+Toothpaste"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 71px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpjFVtHRXlkUH0r2SO8rIYe-fk2kzESaAiyVDp8xngJJ6Sj5b69sYoHz5uZT9UOq1NRdYxThU0FERjKKtboKs8EhCUPug6wioQ_hhxgekpjCSLNcnFnsNZ7LiBd1Z-H1a1RgDz37BuCk/s200/Spearmint+Toothpaste" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243125167182003154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">UPDATE:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Here's another updated report </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/9/7/details-on-cave-scene-events-on-astronomy-tower-from-hbp-screening">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">And here's another one </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://hell.hopelesshearts.org/?p=507">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">And a another one from the Mighty Mugglenet </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mugglenet.com/movies/movie6/ejsreview.shtml">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span><br /><br />Leaky has the scoop <a href="http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/9/7/detailed-report-from-half-blood-prince-test-screening">here</a>. Warner Brothers continues on schedule - all the pre-film publicity continues and the test screenings remain on schedule. Read the report <a href="http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/9/7/detailed-report-from-half-blood-prince-test-screening">here</a>. And pass the spearmint toothpaste.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">UPDATE:</span> Another report is now up at IMDb <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417741/board/thread/117044969?d=117051730&p=7#117051730">here</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.com0