All Choked Up
Filed under: Anglophilia > Harry Potter
This is enough drama for a book!
As we mentioned yesterday, Harry Potter author J.K Rowling appeared in a New York City courtroom on Monday to fight the planned release of a 400-page Harry Potter Lexicon, an A-Z guide derived from a fan website.
Sources inside the court report that Rowling became quite emotional on the stand and came close to tears.
When asked what the Harry Potter books meant to her she had to ask for a glass of water to regain her composure and said, “I really don’t want to cry because I’m British. It means setting aside my children and everything. These characters meant so much to me, and continue to mean so much to me, over such a long period of time. It’s very difficult for someone who is not a writer to understand. The closest I can come is to say to someone, ‘How do you feel about your child?'"
How's the other side going to top THAT testimony?!
Rowling put on a show!
Good luck to the other side. Hope y'all have the cash to fight this legal game! Mommas fight for their children and J.K., who is worth a billion, has plenty to throw into the battle.
[Image via WENN.]
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Lol, what a performance that musta been! JK has always seemed a bit crazy to me..
go JK!
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I agree with her. The encyclopedia she wants to write isn't going to line her pockets. She wants to donate the money. The other group just want to ride her coat tails for some cash. she wrote the story she has the right no say no
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who cares about this? shes filthy rich!!
SO basically, she's angry because someone is taking her pieces of literature and publishing literary criticism about them?? This is no different than a book dissecting Grapes of Wrath or something like that. This woman is amazing.
firstttt??
No one should make anything about Harry Potter for profit without JK Rowling saying so, it's only fair…She created everything from nothing, writing is really hard and making a whole fantasy world makes it even harder.
She worked really hard for it so she can do what she likes with the Harry Potter franchise because it's hers.
IM ON TEAM ROWLING….JUST LIKE ANYOTHER JOB SHE PUT ALOT OF WORK INTO HER BOOKS, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY MILLIONS SHES WORTH
thats like those people that think their dogs are the equivalent of children…. NO THEY ARE NOT! THESE ARE MAKE BELIEVE CHARACTERS and in no way do they compare to real children!!! Goodness Gracious!
She looks classy. I saw her on "w e a l t h yR o m a n c e.c o m " last week. It is said she is very picky about guys on that site.
Re: meg –
Somebody is making money off the back of her tailcoat…She worked damn hard for the whole book series.
I'm trying to be a writer and if I made something and someone went and used my creation without permission I would be peed off, it's not about the money it's about the principal.
I don't blame her one bit for being pissed off. Someone ripped me off before as well and had the nerve later to trash the work from which it came. I know the fan is doing the book thing as a thing of flattery and fondness for the author and her books, but still that's Rowling's job to give definitive background information and insight into her own literary creations not the fan, unless the work is sanctioned by the author.
WTF IS WRONG WITH BRITISH PEOPLE? WHY CAN'T THEY CRY IN PUBLIC? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH SHOWING THAT YOU ARE HUMAN?
I LOVE HER…AND I'M GLAD SHE CRIED. SHIT!
She has every right to be emotional! Harry Potter is her intellectual property and nobody else has the right to make money off of her work. If it were entirely criticism it would be one thing, but from what I can tell this is mostly just a condensation of JK's material with nothing new added. Besides, she wants to do her own encyclopedia and donate the money to charity, which is way better than what this joker is trying to do.
so she should win because she has money? what happened to truth and justice fucko?
Cant british people cry??
She's insane, and her books are a sham. THEY SUCK!
I understand. it's not about $money, but a pride that comes from very very hard work being recognized. I personally am not a fan, but i wish her well in this endeavor. very sad indeed
Im surprised to see you on JK's side perez. not to take a swipe at you becuae i do generealy enjoy your site. But all you really do is make comments on the creativity (or lack thereof) of others.
oh like she doesnt have enough money come the fuck on greedy cow !!!
I understand her position. Harry Potter is her, no one else. she brought these characters to life. Someone else writing a dictionary type thing on the books is not doing anything original, and is copying right from her work. It does not matter that she is extremely rich. Many things have been written on Harry Potter and she does not go after those.
I support JK 100% and would be just as upset as she is.
Fans of JKR would say that it is perfect.
I just see a woman very ambitious and manipulative.
As a writer I can understand where she's coming from. When you create characters for your stories they do almost become a part of you…so I doubt she's really putting on a show or anything, alhough I still find this lawsuit going a little too far.
Re: meg – You're an idiot cunt
she's right, its her idea. she should at least collect from it if she doesnt win.
How many times is this greedy woman going to sue? She has billions and every time anyone wants to complement her work by further publicizing it she sues them! I love Harry Potter but this woman needs to remember she was not always a famous and wealthy writer. I understand that it would upset her if someone was trying to take credit for her work but they are fully giving her all the credit!!
UMM.. I DONT KNOW IF ANYONE HAS NOTICED, BUT SHE IS ONLY IN THIS BATTLE FOR THE MONEY. AND SHE ALSO PALNNED TO COME OUT WITH HER OWN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POTTER… SHE IS ALL ABOUT THE $$.. ONCE YOU MAKE $$ YOU WANT MORE $$$$.. COME ON PPL! IF SHE CARED SO MUC, SHE WOULDNT MIND PPL COMING OUT WITH POTTER STUFF, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD THAT PPL CARED ENOUGH TO DO THAT… ID LIKE TO SEE HER MAKE HER OWN ENCYCLOPEDIA AND GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE.. THEN SHE CAN SHOW THE WORLD SHE DOESNT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MONEY.. LYING BRIT
lauren you are a stupid cunt who has obviously never creating anything from scratch.
Try making something out of nothing, then watch someone else take it and use it because they don't have the talent to create something original on their own.
Then see how you feel. She has money and fame because SHE WORKED HER ASS OFF and EARNED it, she didn't ride on someone else's ideas. Just because she has earned some success does not mean that now some lazy, talentless hacks have the right to leach off of her. If you had an ounce of originality or creativity in yourself you would be able to see that.
what she is soooooo deep now, please,i can't go on i am british, what a crock,laughing all the way to the bank can the british do that, i think so geeves
Re: Gia Jolie –
ta her books do suck. read the twilight saga by stephenie meyer, the first one came out in 2005 and she's been publishing one a year since but they are AMAZING. its WAY better then harry potter….
Re: Silvia –
british people dont have souls, so they dont cry and they dont have humor….
i'm kidding of course. plus twilight is way better, i love robert pattison even if he is british.