jlh | so, the cheerleading?

I know, I know, spammy; I'm a little bored at the freelance job.

So my question, honestly and not wankily asked, is: Why are people so happy that JKR won the lawsuit? I wander over to FW and I see people going hurrah, and there's a few posts on my flist saying that folks are over the moon, and I'm just not sure why? I mean, fandom is the land of caring about things, so that's cool and all. But my caring was pretty limited to the actual legal test of the case.

My memory of the last time this came around was that people wanted her to win because without her there wouldn't be fandom and you know, if you feel that you have to take her side in all disputes because of that, that's fine. I personally feel that my obligation to her ended when I bought two copies of each of her books, tickets to all the movies released thus far, and three of the movies on DVD. But you know, YMMV. And that might not be why so many people are so happy about this ruling. So, enlighten me!

Thanks!