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Potter lexicon would be ‘travesty’

By Matthew Garrahan in New York

Published: April 14 2008 21:02 | Last updated: April 14 2008 21:02

J.K. Rowling, the author of the best-selling Harry Potter books, told a New York court on Monday that a new, unauthorised book steals “wholesale” from her own work.

The author made a rare public appearance at the southern district court in Manhattan in an attempt to block publication of The Harry Potter Lexicon, produced by RDR Books.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling arrives at court in Manhattan to testify in a copyright dispute over a proposed Potter encyclopedia

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