Just passing through friendsfriends and I want to thank you for that link. Filings 82 and 83 amused the hell out of me. "DEAR JUDGE: PLZ EXCLUDE ALL THE EVIDENCE BECAUSE IT'S TL;DR AND JKR DOESN'T OWN COPYRIGHT IN HER OWN WORKS ANYWAY OMG!" followed by "You're kidding, right?"

Never change, RDR's legal team. Never change.

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Heeeee. The Leaky Lounge thread on the case is getting pretty heated, btw.

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Oh, Monday...you seem so far away. :(

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Nikki Finke has posted an item about Monday's trial on her blog, Deadline Hollywood Daily. The item, Lawsuit By J.K. Rowling & Warner Bros Starts In U.S. Court Monday To Stop Publication Of "Harry Potter Rip-Off" is here.

There's some lovely stuff in the comments, including this assertion by P. Lee: Go ahead, WB and JKR succeed...Then any user generated support will dry up and THERE will be a backlash. HP properties will henceforth receive a hostile reception. Isn't the fanbase quite upset at WB (taking a page from NBCU) in splitting the final book into two movies? Go ahead, WB and JKR, keep pissing off the fanbase, it allows opportunity for others while you are blinded by greed and other IPR issues.

(Speaking as an Official Member of the Fanbase for myself, I'm delighted that WB is splitting Deathly Hallows into two movies, although I'd be even happier with a single four-hour movie.)

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Dammit, JF! Why do you not send me comment notifications on my own entries?!

... I mean, uh, thanks!

(Wait, who's upset about the book being split into two movies? I thought that would thrill people, given that they'd get twice as much screentime for all the little bits they're obsessed with.)

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Does that not work? I can't seem to make it work on JF, and I'm not sure if that's because it doesn't (in which case I guess I now look very stupid), or because I'm doing something wrong.

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I had a look at Filing 83, and most specifically the pie-chart thereof... and have to say that I understand why somebody at RDR suddenly got cold feet about the idea of it being part of the evidence. In the "A picture is worth a thousand words" department, that pie chart makes some things suddenly seem oh so obvious. At least in one regard. ;)

And what the heck are "flints" besides something you knap? (Or is it knop?)

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And what the heck are "flints" besides something you knap? (Or is it knop?)

I was wondering that myself.

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I did a little Googling on the term last night, but it was fruitless: I kept running into endless references to legal actions involving Flint, Michigan, and after a while I gave up. Maybe one of the legal fraternity lurking & skulking hereabouts can clue us in.

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"Flint" is a Harry Potter fandom-generated term for continuity mistakes and the like. It comes from a character names Marcus Flint who remained a student at Hogwarts longer than the standard seven years.

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