Monday 15 September 2008

Steve Vander Ark and Harry Potter books


Steve Vander Ark, the infamous author who jumped on the JK Rowling bandwagon and published the book “Harry Potter Lexicon”, lost the legal battle to print the book due to copyright violations.
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He has bravely, or perhaps foolishly, written another book called “In Search of Harry Potter.”
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He seems determined to make money out of Rowling, one way or another. He apparently travelled throughout Britain, calling in on all of the areas indicated in the Harry Potter books, then wrote his account. J.K. Rowling's agents are asking for an advance copy of the book to make certain this book does not break copyright violations like his first book did.
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Steve Vander Ark replied to the request saying, "This is my own writing about my own experiences and I can’t imagine there will be any problem with this book.”
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Peter Tummons, the managing director of Steve Vander Ark’s publishing house, put his pennyworth in by saying, “This is a travel book . . . written in full by himself after his travels . . . There is nothing in it that would cause any distress.”
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Making money out of the hard work of other people pisses me off. The word parasite springs to mind. Writers sucking the blood out of other writers, are nothing more than leeches.
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Why doesn’t he bugger off and write his own best seller?
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