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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:00 AM

More on why Rowling is wrong on the Potter lexicon

What would I say if you made an index of Machinist? Knock yourself out!
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Tuesday, November 13, 2007 05:35 PM

    You're an idiot.

    Because your blog is available and accessible to all for free and books are not, you hopeless MORON.

    Your argument might hold a TINY bit of weight if books were regularly available for free. But as JKR has continued to charge for books, she is saying that her world is hers to make money off of.

    Also, free and true facts - like that you said X and Y thing in your blog - ARE NOT copyrightable. What an author makes up IS copyrightable.

    God, read a book before you make more of an argument against free speech.

    —Anonymous

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