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Bloomsbury dismisses Potter copyright claim

Publication Date: Tue, 16/06/2009 - 08:13

Bloomsbury Publishing has said that it will "vigorously" defend the claim of plagiarism made against the publisher by the estate of Adrian Jacobs, stating that the allegations that Harry Potter author J K Rowling copied from Jacobs' earlier work were "unfounded, unsubstantiated and untrue". According to Bloomsbury, a...

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Bloomsbury faces Harry Potter copyright claim

Publication Date: Mon, 15/06/2009 - 14:30

Bloomsbury Publishing is being sued by the estate of children's writer Adrian Jacobs over claims that J K Rowling "copied" his work in one of her Harry Potter books. The estate is also seeking a court order against Rowling for "pre-action disclosure" in order to determine whether to include her as a defendant.

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