theft and inverted commas

JK Rowling sues over Harry Potter 'rip-off' — Times Online

Interesting ideas here about literary theft.

JK Rowling is objecting to the publication of a Harry Potter 'lexicon'. She's upset about the poor quality of the book and also says that the lack of quotation marks 'particularly galls' her. She says that if these had been appropriately used, 'most of the lexicon would be in quotation marks'.

Another issue this raises is whether the author of works of fiction has rights over reference works related to them.

She's also concerned that this might affect sales of her own planned encyclopedia which she plans to publish to raise funds for charities. She has been amazingly generous with her earning potential so I wonder how much impact this part of her claim will have.