In the midst of JK Rowling’s US-based court trial, her court case in England (over a published photo of her son David taken in 2004) has gone in her favor. The BBC reports:
The agency photo - taken in November 2004 - showed Ms Rowling pushing David in a buggy on a street in Edinburgh.
The picture was published in the Sunday Express and the newspaper later settled the claim.
Judge Sir Anthony Clarke said: “If a child of parents who are not in the public eye could reasonably expect not to have photographs of him published in the media, so too should the child of a famous parent.
“In our opinion, it is at least arguable that a child of ‘ordinary’ parents could reasonably expect that the press would not target him and publish photographs of him.”
Read the full story, including a statement from Jo and her husband Neil, right here.
Thanks to the Stanford Law School we now have complete transcripts from the JRK/Lexicon trials.Click here for day one (April 14th), here for day two (April 15th), and here for day three (April 16th).
New Documentary on JK Rowling Due on ABC this November
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Reuters reported earlier that ABC News “20/20″ is working on a behind-the-scenes documentary on Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
The in-depth profile, which will air in November, includes several interviews, the book tour for the final “Harry Potter” installment, and a tour of locations that inspired her characters. It even hints to what the future holds for Harry and his friends.
Tutshill Church in Gloucestershire has been displaying a visitors’ book, featuring the signature of Potter author JK Rowling and a mystery person whose name was ’stolen’ and given to a character in the book series, and has so far collected a total of £10,000 ($19,900), taking it a step closer to raising the roof. This is most likely the same book as shown in the recent documentary about Jo.
The church also says it has a first edition signed copy of Deathly Hallows, and is currently still deciding what to do with it, adding “[it might be] used as a prize or go to auction, depending on what will raise us more money.”
The lawyers of JK Rowling and Warner Brothers have sent MuggleNet a statement by the Potter author, commenting on where the case stands:
“The book at the heart of this case has overstepped a boundary so unreasonably that I have been forced, regretfully, to take legal action. Authors have a right to protect their works from misuse. Do I have fewer rights because many people read my books? If this book is published, it will open the floodgates for anyone to lift an author’s work and present it as their own. But if it is not published, that will be a boon not only to all who create original works, but to all who enjoy those works.”
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