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NEW YORK — J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is expected to be on the witness stand in a Manhattan federal courtroom today, testifying against a small publisher looking to bring out an encyclopedia based on her work.
When RDR Books, a publisher in Muskegon, Mich., announced last fall it was planning to publish a print version of a popular fan website called “The Harry Potter Lexicon” (hp-lexicon.org), Rowling and Warner Brothers, the movie studio that has adapted her books, balked. Their objection is that the encyclopedia merely repackages Rowling’s work. The case is scheduled to go to trial today. The New York Times
