The Harry Potter Lexicon "the will or the heart" to now publish her own encyclopedia. On 8 September 2008, Rowling won her copyright case against RDR Books. Lexicon publisher RDR Books said: Judge Patterson said that reference materials were generally useful to the public but that in this case, Vander Ark went too far. He said that "while the Lexicon, in its current state, is not a fair use of the Harry Potter works, reference works that share the Lexicon's purpose of aiding readers of literature generally should be encouraged rather than stifled." He said he ruled in Ms. Rowling's favor because the "Lexicon
The Harry Potter Lexicon The Harry Potter Lexicon The Harry Potter Lexicon is a fan-created online encyclopedia of the "Harry Potter" series. The site was created by school librarian Steve Vander Ark. It contains detailed information for all seven published "Harry Potter" books. The Lexicon lists characters, places, creatures, spells, potions and magical devices, as well as analyzing magical theory and other details of the series. The Lexicon is credited as creating one of the first timelines of all events occurring in the "Harry Potter" universe. A similar timeline of events was adopted by Warner Bros. for inclusion with their "Harry Potter" film DVDs,