Comments on: Evening Standard piece on JK Rowling http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/ crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:37:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-174155 James Graham Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:25:42 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-174155 I'm not saying it should become public property straight away - I'd be happy with, say, 10 years after her death or 50 years after publication for instance. But for those of us who believe in free trade and oppose monopolies, the idea of a family being able to hand an asset like that down the generations is anathema. The question is not why we should oppose monopolistic economic practice, but why not. I’m not saying it should become public property straight away - I’d be happy with, say, 10 years after her death or 50 years after publication for instance. But for those of us who believe in free trade and oppose monopolies, the idea of a family being able to hand an asset like that down the generations is anathema. The question is not why we should oppose monopolistic economic practice, but why not.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-174154 Letters From A Tory Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:22:35 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-174154 Why should something she wrote become public property instead of being owned by her family? http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com Why should something she wrote become public property instead of being owned by her family?

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]]> By: Savage Popcorn » Harry Potter and the Intellectual Property Mess http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-173834 Savage Popcorn » Harry Potter and the Intellectual Property Mess Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:47:46 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-173834 [...] James Graham quotes the Evening Standard as saying: The Harry Potter series is one of the most derivative works of fiction ever devised, from its boarding school setting (The Four Marys, Billy Bunter), magical theme (too many to mention) and even its plot (drawing from the same well as Star Wars and even The Matrix). He isn’t even the first fictional English boy wizard with spectacles and a pet owl, as fans of Neil Gaiman’s Books of Magic will testify. [...] […] James Graham quotes the Evening Standard as saying: The Harry Potter series is one of the most derivative works of fiction ever devised, from its boarding school setting (The Four Marys, Billy Bunter), magical theme (too many to mention) and even its plot (drawing from the same well as Star Wars and even The Matrix). He isn’t even the first fictional English boy wizard with spectacles and a pet owl, as fans of Neil Gaiman’s Books of Magic will testify. […]

]]> By: Jennie http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-173785 Jennie Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:00:18 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/20/evening-standard-piece-on-jk-rowling/#comment-173785 I like <a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/04/fair-use-and-other-things.html" rel="nofollow">Neil Gaiman's take on this</a>. I like Neil Gaiman’s take on this.

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