Do you think little James will turn out to be a Dumbledore?

JKR has already made over a billion dollars from this. She says it's finished, so she should sit back and relax. She should be flattered - just insist that it is clearly marked as not her work.

Anywhere large sums of money is involved, someones going to get worked up

There is a great deal of fan-fic on the net for many many other books, comics and magazine characters. Some of it is very good indeed.

I believe that creators and their publishers DO get too precious in their "intellectual property" rights. Having read some of the fan stuff, these web-authors should be congratulated in what they've done, since copying a favoured author is a sincere form of flattery. As long as it's free and not charged for AND they put up a notice thanking the author for the inspiration behind their story ... they should be encouraged to think outside of the character for their next story ... there just might be a new "Rowling" in these budding authors! They need to be encouraged, not stamped on. After all, it IS notoriously difficult to get a publisher ... and JK herself knows this.

If the authors and publishers insist that the person posting this new work posts up a note, declaring that the original author did not write any of it, that the work is non-canonical and free of all charge ... I honestly do not see a problem.

How about thanking the fans who bought into the books and the hype and made the authors rich ... instead of trying to denigrate and sue the pants off them? These actions don't paint the authors, agents and publishers in a very good light, does it?

Let the fans publish ... we know it's not the "real" Harry ... but it it IS an homage to their hero!

Lighten up will ya?? :))

If J.K. Rowling really wanted to do more installments she could stopped this. But, since she was clear she did not intend to and that this part of her life with Harry Potter was through, let someone else expound on this. Look at J.R. R. Tolkien and his works. Imitation is the greatest form of Fattery. I think he has done a great job. I look forward to much more in the life and times of james potter and his adventures.

I would love to find out what happened with Malfoy.........hope he goes there!

Copyright is becoming more powerful than Stalin's wildest dreams may ever have hoped to achieve with central government censorship.

Nothing seems to beat democracy, does it?

6. Suzzy , Malfoy can go wherever you want him to go, write a book or use your own imagination !

Sheesh.

She's within her rights to sue. People should write their own books.

#3 - I'd be pretty p'd off if someone tried to get in on something I had created. Harry Potter has been with her for so long, it's her baby. No one else should be trying to publicly trying to rip it off.

In dealing with copy write issues, there are two questions that need to be answered. 1. Are there anyone profiting off the works of the author who holds the copy write? 2. Are the actions of the individuals hurting the intellectual content of the copy write holder?

In this case, if the man is not making any money, then the first point is null and void. As to the second point, it’s harder to show if the intellectual content is being harmed. Then again, even if the content is being harmed, if he owns all the Harry Potter books, then he has a right to parody the characters.

I think JK Rowling has the right to protect her intellectual property from being corrupted; however, it’s her own fault for not setting up an environment where others can share her universe and create their own tales. If you think about the Star Wars and Star Trek novels over the past 20 years, you can establish controls that allow others to use their fertile minds to entertain millions for years to come.

She has the right to sue. Thats not right for someone to write off of her story. They need to write their own story and not use her's!! She dedicated most of her life on those books!!

I hope he is a Christian and makes Dumbledore see sense and become hetrosexual

#13. Too late ... if you look at the slash/fic relating to Harry Potter, you'll find that they're ALL gay!!

If Ms. Rowling didn't want anyone else to write about Potter, she should have done the noble thing and killed him off as was planned. It was evident she caved in to fans and wrote something that was neither connected nor belonged to the original storyline. Sorry but trying to hang onto him won't be successful. Other writers have had their characters written about so what special priviledge does Ms. Rowling think she has? She' s left him out in the world so cannot keep tabs on him forever. Sadly she made the wrong decision but must live with it...

I would have loved had Richard Harris lived. He was the absolute best Dumbledore but I seriously doubt he would have wanted Ms. Rowling to portray him as gay. He was a noble and powerful wizard... but making him gay would have destroyed his image. Doing that to his replacement smacks of possibility but again, I do not think it should have been reported in comments about what most consider "children's books". I have never thought they were but those who won't say something is offensive, use any excuse to make others believe they've never liked it. Wimps!

Everyone has the freedom to express themselves, whether in speech, or writing, or any other creative method that they deem suitable. Therefore, I think that Mr. Lippert has every right to post a fanfiction story based on JKR's character, so long as he isn't defaming them, or her story.
Lady Belle, in this particular case, I don't see how killing off Harry at the end of book 7 would've prevented Mr. Lippert's story. In his edition, he focuses on James Potter before Harry was even born. (On a side note, I am personally thrilled with the end of book seven, and knowing that our beloved Harry finally caught a break and is happy.)
All in all, I don't feel that this is something that should be dealt with in a serious manner. As long as Mr. Lippert isn't charging for his work, and clearly states that JKR has nothing to do with the story, then I think that us fans should sit back and enjoy our latest Potter fix, and JKR should feel honoured that someone was so inspired by her work that they felt the need to imitate it.