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06-15-2009, 09:12 PM
| | |  Bloomsbury under investigation for Goblet of Fire copyright infringement
Harry Potter UK publishers Bloomsbury are currently under investigation by the estate of a late author, Adrian Jacobs. The estate claims that the fourth Harry Potter book, Goblet of Fire, took storylines from Jacobs' booklet entitled The Adventures of Willy the Wizard -- No 1 Livid Land. Bloomsbury is denying allegations, as stated in the press release.
Bloomsbury states that: Quote:
"The allegations of plagiarism made today, Monday 15 June 2009, by the Estate of Adrian Jacobs are unfounded, unsubstantiated and untrue," said a statement from Bloomsbury, which publishes Harry Potter in Britain.
"This claim is without merit and will be defended vigorously."
The estate argues that key plot points were taken from Jacobs' book and used in Goblet of Fire: Quote:
"Both Willy and Harry are required to work out the exact nature of the main task of the contest which they both achieve in a bathroom assisted by clues from helpers, in order to discover how to rescue human hostages imprisoned by a community of half-human, half-animal fantasy creatures," the estate statement said.
There is a mention that Jo Rowling has never even heard of the Willy the Wizard book: Quote:
In its response, Bloomsbury said Rowling "had never heard of Adrian Jacobs nor seen, read or heard of his book Willy the Wizard until this claim was first made in 2004, almost seven years after the publication of the first book in the highly publicised Harry Potter series.
"Willy the Wizard is a very insubstantial booklet running to 36 pages which had very limited distribution. The central character of Willy the Wizard is not a young wizard and the book does not revolve around a wizard school."
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06-15-2009, 09:20 PM
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Whoa.
That is just crazy. From the looks of it, Jacobs' book is in short supply quantity-wise and was in limited distribution.
I believe and support Jo in this. I hope this matter is cleared up soon.
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06-15-2009, 09:21 PM
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Willy the Wizard?!  Never heard of it!
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06-15-2009, 09:23 PM
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They can't be serious. Has anyone heard of Adrian Jacobs or Willy the Wizard before? | |
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06-15-2009, 09:25 PM
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This..........is kind of funny, actually. Hahaha. Bloomsbury will win, I'm sure. That just amuses me though. It does. People like to sue. Heh. Wow. Willy the Wizard. Really? 
Wait, this is a real news story, right? If I didn't trust SS so much I would go look it up myself. Okay not but I'm giggling here.
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06-15-2009, 09:27 PM
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I honestly don't see the resemblance... 
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In its response, Bloomsbury said Rowling "had never heard of Adrian Jacobs nor seen, read or heard of his book Willy the Wizard until this claim was first made in 2004, almost seven years after the publication of the first book in the highly publicised Harry Potter series.
"Willy the Wizard is a very insubstantial booklet running to 36 pages which had very limited distribution. The central character of Willy the Wizard is not a young wizard and the book does not revolve around a wizard school."
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06-15-2009, 09:32 PM
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seriously? i have never heard of Willy the Wizard....but i will stay tuned to this interesting case.
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06-15-2009, 09:39 PM
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Hmm... That's weird. Never heard of Willy the Wizard. GO JO! 
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06-15-2009, 09:59 PM
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This is so stupid. Everybody always has their hand out for whatever they think they might be able to get. Really annoying.
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06-15-2009, 10:13 PM
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Whoever is right, I hope this get's resolved soon and that both parties can move on from this.
This just proves why Copyrights are so important, there's such a fine line between what's allowed and not.
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06-15-2009, 10:19 PM
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It sounds a load of rubbish to me
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06-15-2009, 10:20 PM
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LOL! That made me gigglesnort. Willy the Wizard.  Adrian Jacobs is gonna be embarrassed when he loses. 
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lol Right. Willy the Wizard. Rowling'll surely win.
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06-15-2009, 10:41 PM
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Who,what,where?
Never even heard of Willy the Wizard! 
Surely they can't be serious?!
I'm sure common sense will prevail and Bloomsbury will win.They should do anyway!
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06-15-2009, 11:17 PM
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Willy the Wizard???? Isn't that an adult movie?
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06-15-2009, 11:17 PM
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Willy the wizard. lol
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06-15-2009, 11:23 PM
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so when this is over, these people can join the pity party of that guy who made some movie a long time ago and tried to say Jo stole the name "Harry Potter" from him. Just let her be..... just let Harry Potter BE!!!! Go JO!!!
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06-15-2009, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl  This..........is kind of funny, actually. Hahaha. Bloomsbury will win, I'm sure. That just amuses me though. It does. People like to sue. Heh. Wow. Willy the Wizard. Really?
Wait, this is a real news story, right? If I didn't trust SS so much I would go look it up myself. Okay not but I'm giggling here. It's not April 1st, no. Quote:
Adrian Jacobs is gonna be embarrassed when he loses.
He's dead...
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06-16-2009, 12:26 AM
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Are they seriouse. I have never heard of Willy the Wizard.
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06-16-2009, 12:29 AM
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I always feel sorry for the little guy in these cases. Be they right or wrong, they still get stomped all over and made to look like a fool over what is technically a completely legitimate claim.
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06-16-2009, 12:35 AM
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This reminds me a huge battle over Galactica and Star Wars.
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06-16-2009, 02:22 AM
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never heard of it before
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06-16-2009, 03:04 AM
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I agree with a lot of you, as an American I never heard of "Willy the Wizard" and the author. I hope as well that this is going to be solved very soon. The legacy that Jo had put down with Harry Potter shouldn't be tarnished like this at all.
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06-16-2009, 03:23 AM
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This claim sounds really funny because they all just want a piece of the money Harry Potter has made. I can see what the plot sounds like but this book was unheard of. JK is a great storyteller and if certain parts are "stolen" well then it was unintended. Hey everything is technically an idea from something else. The idea of Wizard school, magic, etc. that's not all JK's idea and no one is suing over that (some idiot might soon, though lol). It's just like the Larry Potter case where the author accused her of stealing the name. Seriously, these people need to move on and do something more productive like maybe creating another type of book series like JK and have their own type of sucess. Then after they are sued over these things, they'll understand what its like.
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hey, last two years of the popular movie franchise-- and its behemoth promotional machine-- is drawing to a close, why shouldt they milk this cow for all its worth while the still can eh?
i should file a claim on Bloomsburry and Scholastica on using my birthdate, favorite color and favorite fantasy creature on the creation of Draco Malfoy which they clearly stole from me when i published these precious information on blogs and magazines. right? right? whose with me? | |
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