Eledhwen
10-16-2007, 11:25 AM
Many papers, notably The Scotsman, have covered this story, which says JKR sued a community group in India for creating a paper mache replica of Hogwarts for a religious festival.
Latest news here (http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/13102007/140/hogwarts-halted-harry-potter-caught-india.html), but there's a mass of mis-information; it's not JKR who is suing, it is (you guessed it) Warner Bros.
I emailed JKR's agent, who replied thus: "The action you are referring to in India was primarily brought about by Warner Bros and for this reason we have forwarded your email to Deborah Lincoln (Deborah.Lincoln@warnerbros.com) for a response.
Once again thank you for taking the time to write, you will receive a response from Ms Lincoln shortly."
Warner Bros later replied: "The reason we took the case to the court in Kolkata was that we were advised that this was a large-scale, commercially- sponsored event for which advertising and commercial stalls were being sold to business organisations for profit.
No one approached Warner Bros. in advance to discuss or seek approval for this.
We get lots of enquiries from charities and not-for-profit organisations seeking to run events that celebrate the magic of Harry Potter and we are delighted to help them to do this. In fact, we have guidelines to help them run their events in a way that avoids fans being exploited and instead captures the spirit in which the Harry Potter books and films were created. As a result, over the years, we've helped many groups and individuals worldwide to raise significant amounts for their chosen charity or cause."
So there you have it.
Latest news here (http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/13102007/140/hogwarts-halted-harry-potter-caught-india.html), but there's a mass of mis-information; it's not JKR who is suing, it is (you guessed it) Warner Bros.
I emailed JKR's agent, who replied thus: "The action you are referring to in India was primarily brought about by Warner Bros and for this reason we have forwarded your email to Deborah Lincoln (Deborah.Lincoln@warnerbros.com) for a response.
Once again thank you for taking the time to write, you will receive a response from Ms Lincoln shortly."
Warner Bros later replied: "The reason we took the case to the court in Kolkata was that we were advised that this was a large-scale, commercially- sponsored event for which advertising and commercial stalls were being sold to business organisations for profit.
No one approached Warner Bros. in advance to discuss or seek approval for this.
We get lots of enquiries from charities and not-for-profit organisations seeking to run events that celebrate the magic of Harry Potter and we are delighted to help them to do this. In fact, we have guidelines to help them run their events in a way that avoids fans being exploited and instead captures the spirit in which the Harry Potter books and films were created. As a result, over the years, we've helped many groups and individuals worldwide to raise significant amounts for their chosen charity or cause."
So there you have it.