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JK Rowling wins copyright claim over Harry Potter Lexicon.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| September 08, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Guardian Unlimited)

JK Rowling has won her claim that a fan violated her copyright with plans to publish an A to Z of Harry Potter. A US judge ruled today that the unauthorised guide would cause her irreparable harm as a writer.

Rowling filed a lawsuit against RDR Books, a Michigan-based company, last year over the Harry Potter Lexicon on the grounds that it lifted huge portions of her stories without adding any original thought or interpretation. …

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