Harry Potter author JK Rowling has won a legal battle to ban publication of long-lens photographs taken of her son when he was 18 months old.
The author claimed the boy’s right to privacy had been infringed after a picture of him was published in 2004.
The case went to the Court of Appeal after she lost [...]
Rowling wins court photo appeal
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Potter book ‘threat’ to authors
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments
JK Rowling has told a New York court that publication of an unofficial Harry Potter encyclopaedia could “open the floodgates” for countless rip-offs.
All writers would be threatened by the move. she said on the final day of a three-day hearing.
Ms Rowling, 42, is taking legal action against Steve Vander Ark and his publisher RDR [...]
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Rowling testifies in Potter case
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Rowling testifies in Potter case
JK Rowling has told a New York court that plans to publish an unofficial Harry Potter encyclopaedia amounted to “wholesale theft”.
She said she had stopped work on a new novel because her legal concerns had “decimated my creative work”.
“I really don’t want to cry,” she said as she gave [...]
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Rowling demands action in Darfur
April 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has joined fellow children’s writers in calling for greater protection for children living in war-torn Darfur.
An open letter signed by 14 authors, including best-selling US writer Judy Blume and Michael Morpugo, declares: “It is time to change the narrative.”
“The world needs to wake up. For too long it has [...]
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Rowling honoured at book awards
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Glamour at the awards
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has received an outstanding achievement prize at the 2008 Galaxy British Book Awards in London.
The writer was one of several honoured at the event, which also saw awards go to Ian McEwan, Afghan novelist Khaled Hosseini [...]
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Rowling ‘had suicidal thoughts’
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has admitted she had “suicidal thoughts” while suffering from depression after her first marriage broke down. She said her love for her daughter had made her seek [...]
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Final Potter film split in half
March 16th, 2008 · No Comments
The seventh and final Harry Potter book will be adapted for the big screen in two parts, Warner Bros has confirmed. [...]
