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Harry Potter Copyright Allegation 'Absurd'

Posted at 7:42AM Thursday 29 Jul 2010

Allegations that JK Rowling copied ideas from an unknown author in writing the fourth Harry Potter book were on Wednesday described in the High Court as "fanciful" and "absurd".

The multi-millionaire author and Bloomsbury, her publisher, are attempting to strike out a lawsuit brought by trustees of the estate of the late Adrian Jacobs, which claims that themes from Mr Jacobs' 1987 book The Adventures of Willy the Wizard are replicated in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, published 13 years later in July 2000.

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