In the legal war of words over the right to publish a Harry Potter lexicon, author JK Rowling did not come unarmed on Monday (14 April), writes the New York Law Journal. In pointed and at times emotional testimony, Rowling said a Michigan publisher had borrowed much from her wildly successful works and added nothing when it created a "lexicon" alphabetically listing characters, places, spells, creatures and objects in the Potter series.
April 15, 2008 at 06:29 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
In the legal war of words over the right to publish a Harry Potter lexicon, author JK Rowling did not come unarmed on Monday (14 April), writes the New York Law Journal.
In pointed and at times emotional testimony, Rowling said a Michigan publisher had borrowed much from her wildly successful works and added nothing when it created a “lexicon” alphabetically listing characters, places, spells, creatures and objects in the Potter series.
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