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Latest news as of Tuesday, May 13, 2008
| Friday, May 9, 2008 |
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| J.K. Rowling storycard to be auctioned |
JK Rowling is one of 13 authors producing a "storycard" written on a blank A5 sheet as part of a charity auction in London. Proceeds from the June 10 event, called "What's Your Story?" will be donated, said an e-mailed statement by Waterstone's. [more...]
Source: The West, Australia |
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| A Closer Look: Hogwarts Law School |
J.K. Rowling and Warners Bros. have had a generally tolerant attitude toward the amateur fiction, home movies, and online guides created by Harry Potter's fan base. So some were surprised last fall when Rowling and Warner sued to stop RDR Books from publishing Steven Vander Ark's The Harry Potter Lexicon. [more...]
Source: Reason Online |
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| Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
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| J.K. Rowling wins privacy ruling over son's photo |
J.K. Rowling has won a landmark privacy ruling in her battle to ban publication of covert long lens pictures taken of her son when he was 18 months old. She said, "We embarked on this lawsuit not because we were seeking special privileges for our children but because we wanted them to grow up, like their friends, free from unwarranted intrusion into their privacy." [more...]
Source: Metro News, UK |
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| Monday, May 5, 2008 |
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| JK Rowling to speak at Harvard, but students say she's 'a flash in the pan' |
A row has erupted over whether Ms Rowling is the right person to give the most important speech of the year at Harvard University as thousands of students graduate on 5 June. She was asked in January to give the commencement address at the Ivy League institution, but some students have complained that they deserve better. [more...]
Source: The Scotsman, UK |
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| Steve Vander Ark wishes it could have been different |
From the witness stand, Steve Vander Ark directed beseeching glances toward Rowling, who was sitting a few yards away. "I really wish we had had a different kind of meeting," he said later. "There were a couple times I kind of gave her a half-smile. She didn't smile back. I am an outcast now. But I still consider myself a Harry Potter fan." [more...]
Source: The New Yorker |
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| Monday, April 28, 2008 |
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| Deathy Hallows wins 2007 Nebula Award |
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Presented the Nebula Awards for 2007 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas on Saturday. The Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy was awarded to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling. [more...]
Source: SFWA |
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| Harry Potter trial has a potentially happy ending |
J.K. Rowling held out an olive branch in the latest copyright trial and seemed clearly wounded after the previous day's testimony by Steven Vander Ark. Rowling told the judge in federal district court in Manhattan that she had been misunderstood. "Do your book, but please, change it so it does not take as much of my work," she said. [more...]
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| Monday, April 21, 2008 |
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| ABC News conjures J.K. Rowling documentary |
ABC News in the U.S. is working on a behind-the-scenes look at the life of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling. The in-depth profile, which will air in November, includes several interviews, the book tour for the final "Harry Potter" installment, and a tour of locations that inspired her characters. It even hints to what the future holds for Harry and his friends. [more...]
Source: Reuters |
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| Potter case raises thorny copyright issues |
Fore the most part, big media companies that own the material being mashed up and manipulated on the internet let it slide. But this new case was a surprising departure for J.K. Rowling, who has encouraged so-called "fan fiction" and once said there is nothing wrong with people writing new stories for her characters, to share with friends. [more...]
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| Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
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| Judge urges settlement in Harry Potter case |
A federal judge said that J.K. Rowling and a publisher who wants to release an unauthorized encyclopedia about her Harry Potter novels should try to settle the copyright dispute out of court. U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson Jr. said Wednesday that the copyright infringement case was a legal close call and was almost certain to end in years of appeals. [more...]
[Related Articles] Source: WNBC TV, NY |
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| Rowling says fan's book could endanger other authors |
J.K. Rowling said on Wednesday publication of an unofficial encyclopedic companion to her Harry Potter books would "open the floodgates" and threaten other authors. "This case is about an author's right to protect their creation," Rowling told a New York court. "If this book is allowed to be published the floodgates will open." [more...]
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| Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
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| Creater of HP Lexicon cries on the stand |
Steven Jan Vander Ark stood up to J. K. Rowling on Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom, and then broke down sobbing. On the witness stand in Federal District Court, he portrayed the famous writer as his idol, his true literary love, who had been unaccountably bewitched by the evil, money-grubbing forces of publishing. [more...]
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| Trial preventing J.K. Rowling from writing |
J.K. Rowling testified Monday that the Harry Potter characters she created are as dear as her children, and that the ordeal of the lawsuit is draining her of her will to write. The trial comes eight months after the publication of Rowling's final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." [more...]
[Related Articles] Source: WCBS TV, New York |
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| Potter fan faces Rowling in court |
The author of an unofficial Harry Potter encyclopaedia broke down as he faced JK Rowling in court in a battle over the right to publish his book. Steven Vander Ark said his only goal was to celebrate Rowling, sitting in front of him, who he called a "genius". Rowling is suing for copyright infringement. [more...]
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| Monday, April 14, 2008 |
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| Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project defends HP Lexicon |
In a trial that is expected to last two to three days, attorneys from the Fair Use Project of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society will argue that RDR Books has the right to publish the Lexicon under the fair use doctrine. "J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. are asserting a startling claim," said the executive director of the Fair Use Project. [more...]
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| Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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| J.K. Rowling has wardrobe malfunction at book awards |
At the Galaxy British Book Awards on Wednesday night, J.K. Rowling almost revealed everything in her Chamber of Secrets as her figure-hugging purple satin gown suddenly started Slytherin down. Luckily her Press aide Mark Hutchinson gave new meaning to the phrase PR handout, by quickly grabbing the top of the dress to spare her blushes. [more...]
Source: The Mirror, UK |
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| Opinion: Hey J.K. Rowling! Free Beedle the Bard! |
Seriously, Amazon, and J.K. Rowling, whom obviously we love, it is time to stop this baloney. If Rowling wanted to write this book only for her friends and family, that would be one thing. But she put it on public auction, and Amazon bought it. Just let us buy the stinking book, and donate all proceeds to charity. [more...]
[Related Articles] Source: NY Magazine |
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