"Ms Rowling had originally supported the Lexicon website, but she said there was a difference between fans publishing information for free on the internet, and selling it in the form of a book."

Y HALO THAR, Torchwood man!  And yes, I know, different country = different laws, and LJ entries =/= popular wizard novels (well, depending on who you read), but still, not entirely unrelevant, no?  I haven't read all the OG reactions or all the author's defensive ripostes (though there's some v interesting stuff about fanboys vs fangirls/forums vs LJ etiquette from calapine  and co here), but the overarching issue seems to be the same: that fundamentally t'Internets and Books What Are Permanent And Purchasable are different things, with different rules.  I almost want one of the quoted people to go chasing Torchwood Man in court, purely for the LOLs.  (And the educational factor, of course.  I know what a 'Flint' is now, thanks to SVA, and am confident this will be very useful in my old age.)

One request: internet, stop slowly turning into one very large Fandom Wank, would you?  Or (bearing in mind that Twilight isn't even out yet) at least wait till I've got sod all else to do?