Childrens Book Club

Don’t hold your breath for that Harry Potter Lexicon.

A judge ruled in favor of JK Rowling in her copyright infringement lawsuit against Steven Vander Ark, a fan and website operator who wrote an unauthorized encyclopedia called the Harry Potter Lexicon.

To say that Mr. Vander Ark ‘wrote’ the book is a bit of a stretch. It is precisely the reason why the judge ruled against him. According to Rowling, the encyclopedia basically plagiarized her work, and didn’t have much to add of it’s own. PDR books the publisher of the unauthorized Lexicon has been ordered to pay $6,750 in damages to Rowling.

It seems like everyone wants a piece of Harry Potter. Check out this story about a Bollywood film titled Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terror. Looks like another lawsuit is brewing up for Harry Potter.

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