The Corner Office: Battling the 'Potter' Goliath
RDR Books Publisher Roger Rapoport fought and lost a court case with 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling. He talks about how it impacted his company and why he decided to publish a new version of 'The Lexicon.'
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The Harry Potter Lexicon (HP-Lexicon.org) was started by librarian and “Harry Potter” enthusiast Steve Vander Ark as an online index of everything you ever wanted to know about the famous boy wizard and his imaginary, magical world, as told in the mega-selling “Harry Potter” book series.
When Michigan-based, independent publisher RDR Books attempted to turn the site—visited by more than 25 million people annually and at one time praised by “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling—into a printed encyclopedia, it grew into a David versus Goliath legal battle, pitting Rowling and Warner Bros. (which owns the intellectual property rights to the “Potter” books and movies) against Vander Ark and the publisher.
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