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Potter Lexicon two plot appeal
Two Americans who lost a court case against Harry Potter author J K Rowling and Warner Bros are still planning to publish a book version of the Harry Potter Lexicon website and plan to appeal.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Roger Rapoport, a Muskegon publisher, and Steve Vander Ark, a Grand Rapids area librarian and author, expect their attorneys this week to file a notice of appeal preserving the men's right to continue the legal battle for their Harry Potter book.
US District Judge Robert P Patterson Jr ruled September 8th that the book violated Rowling's copyright and blocked its publication. In a 60-page opinion, Patterson said the work quoted too directly from the Potter books and dwelled too much on a pair of books written by Rowling to explain aspects of the wizarding world she created. Rapoport and Vander Ark are reportedly considering whether they could edit the book to pass the judge's muster.
Vander Ark, who founded the Lexicon Web site more than a decade ago, said he would revise the book and remove offending passages. "I've always been very much willing to work with" Rowling and Warner Bros "and try to see what can be done," he said.
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