Distributing copies of a “Harry Potter” book, in any format, without payment, is wrong according to my best understanding and ethical sense so far. But stopping the publication of a lexicon for the world of Harry Potter — which to me is a clearly transformative kind of thing — seems equally wrong.
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April 13th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
“Distributing copies of a “Harry Potter” book, in any format, without payment, is wrong according to my best understanding and ethical sense so far.”
Why do you say that this is unethical?
April 14th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Hi Peter,
I’ve also left a comment on your post (which I’m sure you know by now). I want to try to do justice to your request, but I don’t think I can do so right now in this comment box. I’ll compose a full post soon that will try to explain my understanding of this.
Thanks for your comments.