Comments on: Bong Hits For Potter: A WtF Moment (Updated)

By: Aliskandar

Aliskandar — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:25:01 +0000

The Delhi High Court to the rescue. Again. Anyway, the whole brouhaha doesn’t bode well for the future of the neo-liberal intellectual properties regime. No empire can stop the Bongs for long.

By: The Great Ganesha

The Great Ganesha — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:04:57 +0000

true enough. wb is losing it. it’s like the record companies suing college kids. like that’s really going to stop the piracy.

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:41:20 +0000

That’s definitely going too far. How unfortunate that these guys are paying J.K Rowling the ultimate compliment (which will probably lead to even more book sales), but they end up getting sued instead.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070928/asp/calcutta/story_8350813.asp

By: The Great Ganesha

The Great Ganesha — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:11:03 +0000

that’s interesting to know. but still, suing the guys who made a hogwart’s mandap is really taking it too far. these guys are probably just a bunch of local dudes who drive cars and collect garbage for a living…

most likely, they’ll have to can the mandap and they’ll be off the hook.

By: The Chapatikid

The Chapatikid — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:29:23 +0000

In this case, I’d say it’s because Warner has a fiercely protectionist policy about the Potter trademark. The publisher I worked for got a threat from Warner lawyers to sue if we didn’t pull a fan book off the shelf, because Rowling “may” write something similar to that. We couldn’t reprint. I think they actually have lawyers around the world whose job it is to just keep an eye out for Potter trademark infringement.