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$50,000 for erecting a Hogwarts replica?
IP in the News is constantly full of humor. Today's comes from India, where Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling and her publisher, Warner Brothers, are suing a religious group for erecting a replica of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The replica is dedicated to the goddess Durga as part of a major four-day Hindu festival. The billionairess and her company want the equivalent of $50,000. They probably can rationalize this, but it does the reputation of copyright or them no good when it reaches the level of the ridiculous.
[Posted at 10/12/2007 08:06 AM by John Bennett on IP in the News 
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Good news. The Indian court threw out the JKRowling-Hogwarts Castle copyright infringement suit yesterday. "The Delhi High Court, however, ordered the organizers, who are preparing for the Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata, not to use the castle or any characters from the books after the annual event without Ms. Rowling's permission."
What a sensible court!
[Comment at 10/13/2007 09:14 AM by John Bennett]
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