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Old 15th April 2008, 11:52 PM   #9 (permalink)
Teresa Edgerton
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Re: dear JK...

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But her lawyers call the lexicon a “rip-off” that lifts 2,034 of its 2,437 entries straight from her work. “These things have no existence except in my words, so he has taken my creation,” she said.
That second sentence is rather interesting, as it sounds more like he is copying her ideas than using her exact words. Although elsewhere it says he uses direct quotations without acknowledging them as such (which is reprehensible if true) the number of times he does that may not correspond to the number of entries referenced above.

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“It adds little if anything by way of commentary; the quality of that commentary is derisory..."
That's certainly adding insult to injury, and I would imagine is more galling than anything else he has done.
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