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MAY 14, 2003 at 7:57 AM
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JK Rowling was accused of violating the intellectual property rights of Nancy K Stouffer, who believed her book The Legend of Rah and the Muggles, published in 1984, was the inspiration for Harry Potter. However, last year a New York court disagreed and fined Ms Stouffer £30,000 for "intentional bad faith conduct". Last month, lawyers for JK Rowling blocked the publication of a Dutch translation of a Russian novel about a girl wizard. The court said the Russian book was an unauthorised adaptation.
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