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September 2008
- Rowling Wins Copyright Case
  
  BBC | Sep 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A fan-written "Harry Potter lexicon" will not be published, a federal judge in New York ruled today, finding for author JK Rowling that the reference guide was an infringement of copyright. The ruling held that the book would cause Rowling irreparable harm as a writer, the BBC reports. The Potter creator had characterized the unpublished work as “wholesale theft.” More »
August 2008
- Hari Puttar? Warner Bros. Sues Over Bollywood Flick
  
  Times (UK) | Aug 26, 08 5:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The newest Harry Potter adventure doesn’t see the young hero once again battle Voldemort—instead, the Times of London reports, it’s Hollywood vs. Bollywood. Warner Bros. is suing the Indian producer of Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors , alleging it too closely resembles JK Rowling’s wizard tales. The Indian version features a child who must save the world from a crime boss. More »
July 2008
- Potter Fans Like Sneak Peek of Young Voldemort
  
  MTV | Jul 30, 08 9:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Potter fans seem captivated by the new movie trailer that focuses heavily on a young Voldemort, MTV reports. The trailer for Half-Blood Prince will be in theaters Friday, but it's already made its online debut to generally positive reviews along the lines of "dark and creepy." The trailer mostly steers clear of Potter and his pals and focuses instead on Tom Riddle (played by Hero Fiennes-Tiffin), the boy who would grow up to be Harry's nemesis. More »
June 2008
- Rowling's Potter Prequel Conjures Up $49K for Charity
  
  Reuters | Jun 11, 08 5:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - JK Rowling’s handwritten “prequel” to the Harry Potter books has sold for $49,000 at a charity auction to benefit the PEN writers organization, Reuters reports. In the 800-word story, which takes place before Harry’s birth, the boy wizard’s father and Sirius Black use magic to elude police in a high-speed chase. The work also manages to brush aside rumors that an eighth Potter book is in the works. More »
- Rowling Casts Spell at Harvard
  
  Boston Globe | Jun 6, 08 7:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Potter birth mom JK Rowling yesterday urged Harvard graduates at their commencement to use their imaginations on more than wizards and muggles to envision—and create—a better world. She recalled the rewarding time she spent when she was younger working for prisoners of totalitarian regimes for Amnesty International. "Those who choose not to empathize" with people suffering "enable real monsters," she said. More »
May 2008
- JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | May 29, 08 3:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Potter fans mourned when JK Rowling ended the enormously popular schoolboy wizard saga with the seventh and final book last year. But now she has written a surprise short prequel likely to trigger a bidding frenzy. Rowling has donated an 800-word handwritten manuscript to the British bookseller Waterstone's to be auctioned for charity. More »
- Harry Potter Actor Killed in Vicious London Knife Fight
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | May 24, 08 9:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Robert Knox, a young British actor set to appear in an upcoming Harry Potter movie, was stabbed to death outside a London bar early today, the Daily Mail reports. The teen, who had finished filming his part as Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby, was killed defending his younger brother following an apparent dispute over a stolen cellphone. He is the 14th teenager murdered in the city this year. More »
- After 10 Years, Harry Potter Off NYT Best-Seller List
  
  New York Times | May 1, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As the next edition of the New York Times Book Review goes to press, an era ends—books from author JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, for the first time in 10 years, are nowhere on the best-seller list. More »
April 2008
- For Britain's Young Princes, a Role Reversal
  
  Associated Press | Apr 24, 08 10:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It seems like only yesterday that William was Britain's standup prince, brother Harry the misled stoner in an SS uniform. But after revelations that William landed his RAF helicopter on his girlfriend’s lawn, and that the younger Harry served actual combat in Afghanistan, the tables have turned, the AP reports. One commentator called William’s antics “the whole spoiled brat syndrome.” More »
- Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Apr 17, 08 7:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The judge in the Harry Potter copyright case gave the man who compiled The Harry Potter Lexicon a one-up against JK Rowling today when he announced that her books were full of gibberish, the Telegraph reports. He said he tried reading one to his grandkids and found it "extremely complex" and suggested that a guidebook would be handy. He won't issue his ruling for several weeks and urged both sides to settle out of court. More »
- Embattled Potter Fan Moved to Tears in Court
  
  Associated Press | Apr 15, 08 5:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Harry Potter fan whose attempt to put into print his encyclopedic companion brought a lawsuit from author JK Rowling, broke down in tears in a Manhattan court today discussing how much the books mean to him, the AP reports. Steven Vander Ark became distraught when asked how the lawsuit had affected his relationship with the world of Potter fans. More »
March 2008

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Rowling Wins Copyright Case

Hari Puttar? Warner Bros. Sues Over Bollywood Flick

Potter Fans Like Sneak Peek of Young Voldemort

Rowling's Potter Prequel Conjures Up $49K for Charity

Rowling Casts Spell at Harvard

JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel

Harry Potter Actor Killed in Vicious London Knife Fight

After 10 Years, Harry Potter Off NYT Best-Seller List

For Britain's Young Princes, a Role Reversal

Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says

Embattled Potter Fan Moved to Tears in Court