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Muggle Judge Agrees that JK Rowling's Copyright was Infringed by 'Harry Potter Lexicon'

grrlscientist | September 8, 2008

tags: Harry Potter Lexicon, copyright infringement, JK Rowling, Steve Vander Ark A little while ago today, I heard a special news announcement on the radio that JK Rowling won her lawsuit regarding infringement to her copyright by the Harry Potter Lexicon and awarded $6,750 in statutory damages to Rowling and Warner Brothers. The U.S. district court judge, Robert Patterson, ruled that Steven Vander Ark's "Harry Potter Lexicon" would cause Rowling irreparable harm as a writer because it "had failed to establish an affirmative defense of fair use." Patterson stated that reference materials…

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Muggle Judge Agrees that JK Rowling's Copyright was Infringed by 'Harry Potter Lexicon'

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