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Harry Potter Plagiarized?
By Alyssa | June 19, 2009
Did J.K. Rowling Rip Off Willy the Wizard?
The heirs of author Adrian Jacobs are suing Rowling’s publisher for £500 million, claiming that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire lifted “substantial parts” from Jacobs’ 1987 book The Adventures of Willy the Wizard: Livid Land.
Adrian Jacobs’s book Willy The Wizard – also about a child discovering he has magical powers – was published in 1987, ten years before the first in the Harry Potter series and three years before Miss Rowling says she came up with her idea.
He allegedly sent the manuscript to Christopher Little, the literary agent at Bloomsbury Publishing who went on to represent Miss Rowling, but it was rejected. Mr Jacobs passed away in 1997, but the accusations come from his heirs, son and grandson.
Legal proceedings have been issued at the High Court against Bloomsbury, and the Jacobs estate also says it will file a lawsuit against Miss Rowling.
The estate is also seeking an injunction to prevent further sales of Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, and damages or a share in the book’s profits.
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