Thanks to LISNews for this story on Rowling's continuing fight to stop an independent Harry Potter Lexicon. In the story she is quoted as saying, "Muggles everywhere should be happy that I have been so restrained. Some thought I should protect every word I wrote in the seven Harry Potter volumes." By this she was referring to the fact that her "lawyers have copyrighted and trademarked the words "Harry" and "Potter" and will protect those brands." While I am pretty certain that there is NO way that one can copyright a word it is possible to trademark words though to do so for words that are in everyday usage is typically meaningless.
I enjoyed the books, my wife and daughters loved the books, we all love the movies. Together we have generated a not insubstantial amount of money for JKR. Given that in 2005 Forbes listed her net worth as $1 billion she is not hurting for the money.
Further, what JKR is missing here is that the creation of a Harry Potter lexicon is a necessary step for her works to begin to enter the literary canon. Let's hope that she soon sees the light.
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Latest on JKR from the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/books/14cnd-rowling.html?ex=1365912000&en=b18e165800fdcff3&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss.
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