I was trying to type a response that said, "You're a complete fucking moron," only in a nicer way. So it's just as well she deleted her comment; I was failing badly in my attempt.

But here's her comment, for the record, and for ongoing lulz:

so flipping confused ...
annephoenix
2008-02-11 10:01 am UTC (link)

as far as I can tell Paramount and Gene Roddenberry never clamped down on fannish activities because fans weren't making any money off them.

But what about the MEGABUCKS Emerson ("If I can meet Harry Potter fans' needs and make money at the same time, why shouldn't I?") and presumably Melissa make off advertising on their sites? I doubt the Lexicon book would ever have made a six-figure income .. or at least not a yearly one. So it's clearly not about profiting from JK's fans from HP-related things, because WB and JKR have always made open declarations of support for Mugglenet and TLC ... well, like they did at some point openly support the Lexicon.

To be honest, I have NO idea about the legal whatsits of this case. None, and I will be v interested in the outcome of the hearing. But since the public media/press lawyers tend to consider this a landmark case, maybe it does have more merit than f_w would make one think? Maybe not ;). I truly don't know! What confuses me is all the contradictions -- I have a HP encyclopedia on my bookshelf, so *that* is not the problem; lots of people make money off HP fans so *that* can't be the main issue; JK wants to write her own book, but it's a capitalist society so *that* can't be the problem (no one ever said competition was illegal and I think it's clear we'd all buy JK's book anyway) ... I'm just so confused about what the problem actually is at this point??!!

RDR is a big problem *lol* ... What a weirdo. But again, that doesn't have anything to do with legality right? I mean just because someone is stupid that doesn't mean they're criminal. Criminally stupid, maybe ... I can only repeat: will be watching the case with interest as clearly some of the legalese types think both sides have enough merit for it to actually go to court.