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The Associated Press says: A court ruling in favor of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has set the stage for a trial on whether publication of photos taken of her young son violates his privacy. The ruling Wednesday sets aside an earlier finding in favor of Express Newspapers and Big Pictures, an agency that took the photos with a long telephoto lens. |
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Posted by Karen A. Brown, author of Prejudice in Harry Potter @ 8:22 AM Thu, May 08, 2008
I think it's great that she won this case, but I am not sure she will win the copyright RDR lawsuit. This one was self-evident, though, so I'm not sure why the media is referring to it as a "landmark" victory. You just don't snap photos of kids and publish them unless you have the permission of the parents. Just because other famous people parade their children on the cover of OK! magazine, that doesn't make it a free for all. She had every right to sue and I commend her as a good parent for doing that.