US Southern District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin dismissed a lawsuit brought the estate of Adrian Jacobs, author of the 1987 book Willy the Wizard, alleging that his copyright was infringed by HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Judge Scheindlin concluded that “the contrast between the total concept and feel of the works is so stark that any serious comparison of the two strains credulity.” A similar, earlier lawsuit in the UK against Bloomsbury and JK Rowling was allowed to go forward last October if the estate paid money as security for the costs (since in the UK, the loser pays). […]
