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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 Books over plans to release a Harry Potter encyclopaedia.

“This case is about an author’s right to protect their creation,” she said.

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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 evidence in her copyright infringement case against writer Steve Vander Ark and his publisher RDR Books.

The case is expected to last most of the week.

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