J.K. Rowling To Testify in Potter Suit

It looks like JK Rowling has met her modern day Slytherin: Steven Vander Ark, the Lexicon fan-site author who is attempting to publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia.  Without the use of a magic wand, Rowling has decided to use the "muggle" method of the courts to sue publishing company RDR Books for violating copyright laws.  Dotspotter user, hcarroll, has the full story…

J.K. Rowling will face a Manhattan judge Monday in a bid to squash the publication of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized encyclopedia devoted to the fantasy world she created.

The British-born author, 42, filed suit earlier this year, claiming that the book – by fan site author Steven Vander Ark and published by RDR Books in Muskegon, Mich. – is "nothing more than a rearrangement of her own material."

Now, Rowling has made her own comparisons between her novels and the projected book, and is reportedly ready to testify about dozens of similarities. She "feels like her words were stolen," one of her lawyers, Dan Shallman, told the court Friday.

The case is scheduled to last most of this week in the New York U.S. District Court, where Judge Robert P. Patterson will conduct the trial without a jury. A security guard will watch over Rowling in court, and she can spend breaks in the seclusion of a jury room – away from the gaze of any hardcore Potter fans.

J.K. ROWLING HAS MORE MONEY THAN GOD, BUT THAT’S NO REASON FOR ANYONE TO STEAL HER WORK!  FOLLOW THIS CASE HERE!

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JK Rowling VS. Copyright Thief, Begins!

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Comments (4)

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this is pretty wrong of them.

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hiIamAng 4/15/08

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that's pretty ballsy is what it is

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Victorius348 4/15/08

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well, she says she used them to source her own work! why don't they go into business togther?

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YodaKnowz 4/15/08

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you are right...

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casualbaby 4/16/08