[TheSoftwire]

First, let me say that I am a huge Orson Scott Card fan. I met him once but I have been a fan ever since reading Ender's Game. Other great science-fiction and fantasy writers have taken shots at Rowling in the past (Ursula Guin and Terry Pratchett to name a couple) and I can't help by wonder why. It seems that in America, once someone becomes insanely successful, we go to great lengths to knock him/her down a few notches.

Is it our own egos that do this? I don't know, but I do know if she was some poor, small time author protecting her brand, no one would have an issue with her. There seems to be this consensus that if you make a certain amount of money you should look away when others try to suck off your success. Unless of course you're a really big company with lots of lawyers. Try going out and publishing a Lexicon about Ironman right now, or Batman or Indiana Jones - think you'll end up in court? You bet your #$% you will. Why shouldn't it be the same for Rowling?