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Original poster: geri_chan

Sorry for the cross-post to those who are on my Friends list. This was HP-related news, but not specifically related to Snape, and I wasn't sure if it was okay to post it here, so I went ahead and posted a rant on my personal journal. However, Sylvana gave me permission to post it here at Snapedom, and I thought some of you might be interested. Feel free to ignore if you've already seen this.

When I saw this article on the Leaky Cauldron about Steve Vander Ark of the Harry Potter Lexicon being sued, along with his publisher, by Warner Bros. and JKR, I was shocked. I've never met him, but he seems like a nice guy and die-hard HP fan from his Pottercast "Canon Conundrum" segments, various interviews, and his posts on the Lexicon. Obviously no one but a fan would have put such a tremendous amount of work into building the Lexicon. And JKR has praised the Lexicon in the past, given them a fansite award, even admitted that she used it to check up on facts sometimes when she was writing.