"Harry Potter" Author being sued for Plaigarism

The phenominal author of the Harry Potter seires is now being sued on the grounds of plaigarism.  The suit claims that some of JK Rowlings books (even naming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) have the same story lines as another late british writer, Adrian Jacobs.  She is accused of stealing ideas  from his book the "Adventures of Willy the Wizard  - No. 1 in Livid Land."  And this has been published by the Associated Press, Fox News and other reliable sources.  So we know for a fact that this not another rumor started by a writer at the Enquirer.

Allegedly Rowlings publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC has been trying to hold off the claims made by the Jacobs' estate, and it seems final that they are going to court after several months of batteling on both sides.

The case is said to be worth 1 billion dollars, which is even a little high for Rowling who has become one the richest authors of all time.  And not only would it hurt her books, but the copyright infiringement would further harm the creation of the Harry Potter movies, and the newly built Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, FL.  So needless to say there is alot riding on this case, and Rowling denies that she copied the book by Jacobs.

No matter if she did or didn't, Harry Potter fans will revolt and if the case goes thru, there will be a major upset.  Even she did copy the story, fans will not care because they love the story to much to care.  Not that I'm saying they're crazy people or anything, because I am one of the mega Harry Potter fans.  It just would be a bad move, especially since the Jacobs' estate's claim appears to be failing.

So thats a story to follow for this year since it probably wont be over for quite a while as most big cases take a bit of time to get thru.

Talk to all a you wonderful people later :-)

Shawn