Lexicongate is over... for certain values of "over"
Breaking: Judge rules for Rowling in 'Lexicon' book case.


Note: My understanding is that SVA will not be appealing anything, because SVA is not the one named in the suit. RDR is. No word as to what he'll do.

(Watch That Page for ETAs.)

ETA: From dorothy1901: WSJ posts a PDF of Judge Patterson's ruling.

From faithwood: More articles, and the revelation that JKR/WB won $6,750 in damages.

ETA 2: JKR Statement Regarding Trial Ruling.

Via wieimmer: Epic ONTD post is epic.

Commentary and reactions: NYT; Smart Bitches; Galley Cat; Dear Author.

ETA 3: Via diane_duane: RDR's statement.

foresthouse on LJ breaks down the ruling; Tom Spurgeon: "Generation Entitlement"; The Best Week Ever weighs in.

Current URLs for the Lexicon.

More Actual Lawyer commentary; Gothamist takes SVA's side.

ETA 4: Stanford Law: "Finally, remember that avada kedavra -- the killing curse -- is not always fatal. One wizard survived it. Three times. And it was he who cast the spell (and won't be named here) that ultimately suffered for it. Maybe someday the Lexicon will be known as The Book That Lived."

The Lexicon updates; Steve Vander Ark talks about the Verdict; Rowling Bitch-Slaps Potter Fans; Lee Goldberg chimes in (with now-deleted reference to the OTW).

Via rattlesnakeroot: Bluestocking: The Verdict in the WB/JKR Case is In and It's Confusing; J. K. Rowling and the Petty Victory; Ars Technica: Judge Waves Gavel - Says Avada Kedavra to Harry Potter Lexicon; TechDirt: Terrible Ruling: Judge Halts Publication of the HP Lexicon.

THUS SPAKE NORA ROBERTS.

One of Wired's blogs weighs in.

Gawker: J.K. Rowling Prevails Over Superdumb Harry Potter Encyclopedia.

Discussion at the Straight Dope boards.

ETA 5: Prof. Derek Bambauer at Info/Law discusses the case; praetorianguard goes over the case as well; "Beware of Bad Internships" by a former RDR intern ("So a man I regularly sold milk to and the publisher I was interning with were being sued by the creator of Hogwarts. Amazing and weird, but what took away from this drama's charm was the fact that I was still beating my laptop over my head wondering how to make Muskegon sexy").

ETA 6: Mark le Fanu at the Guardian weighs in; aaaaand here's Slashdot.

ETA 7: JKR's agents want to see SVA's new book, with bonus comment wank at Mugglenet (OH GOD NO PLEASE DON'T BE INFRINGING I CAN'T GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN); Dear Author comment wank, with bonus Nora Roberts; NPR's audio coverage; clearly, Diane Duane is using the Leaky Lounge lawsuit thread for her own nefarious purposes.

ETA 8: And the appeals begin. Also of note: "Rapoport said the legal tangle has boosted business for his company."