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Rowling endorses new Potter fan history

Unlike the Harry Potter lexicon, which she went to court to prevent, J K Rowling will endorse a 'history' of Harry Potter written by 'superfan' Melissa Anelli, who runs the Potter fan web site Le...

'Hari Puttar' film clears Indian courts

Warner Brothers has lost a court case in India and a Bollywood film titled Hari Puttar: A Comedy Of Terrors can now go ahead.

Trollope backs Rowling in 'lexicon' case

'It is a triumph and reassurance for all authors that J K Rowling has won her plagiarism case in New York,' writes Joanna Trollope in The Times.

Rowling wins 'Lexicon' court case

J K Rowling has won a court case against the author  of a fan-compiled 'lexicon' of the Harry Potter books. The author and publisher of the lexicon are considering an appeal.

In brief

Author behind Gun Alley murder pardonResearch by author Kevin Morgan and used for his book Gun Alley: Murder, Lies and Failure of Justice (S&S) has led to the pardoning of a man who was wrongly co...

Harry Potter case will be a landmark, whatever the outcome

Writing in The Times, two copyright lawyers argue that whatever the outcome of the case against the author of the Harry Potter encylopedia, it will be a landmark case in establishing the boundaries of...

Rowling in court over unnofficial HP encyclopedia

J K Rowling has taken to the witness stand in a New York court in a case seeking to prevent a fan publishing a comprehensive encylopedia of the Harry Potter series.

Bets on for HP8

A UK bookmaker is accepting bets on whether J K Rowling will write an eighth Harry Potter book.

Gossip mags and Anne Frank: what young Brits are reading

Young Britons like to read celebrity gossip magazines, Harry Potter and Anne Frank's diary, but 'loathe' books of over 100 pages and Shakespeare, accoring to a new survey.

Harry Potter encyclopedia case about to reach court

On March 24 a New York court will begin to consider an injunction taken out by J K Rowling and Warner Brothers against a small, Michigan-based publisher, RDR Books, to prevent publ...
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