No more WB nasty letters about Harry Potter

Bard · 20-03-2001 05:59PM #1

Taken from:
http://www.netmag.co.uk/news_page.asp?id=28518

The makers of the new Harry Potter film sent letters to creators of many fan sites, asking them to surrender their domain names and offering as little as a calendar in compensation.

Any sites with 'Harry Potter' in the domain name were sent the strongly worded letters, which claimed the sites devalued and interfered with Warner Bros' right to the Harry Potter name. The company has acquired film and merchandising rights for the famous books by J. K. Rowling, and the first film is due to be released later on this year.

The corporation has now backed down, saying it regrets any 'misunderstandings' that may have been caused by their rather bizarre actions. The company withdrew from legal action against one 15 year-old fan, Claire Field.

Just to show there are 'no hard feelings', the corporation has now set up a Harry Potter Webring. All fan sites are invited to join, and you can get more information from the link below.

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/

Frodo@work · 20-03-2001 06:02PM

I know im a little old but i still plan on reading these books.

[This message has been edited by Frodo@work (edited 20-03-2001).]

Bard · 20-03-2001 06:11PM

Now't wrong with that, Frodo.. I'm the same meself... although Lord of the Rings is next on my list.

Excelsior · 20-03-2001 06:15PM

I'm beginning Narnia soon but just as soon as I have the money I am buying these books.
Kids always read books of great interest to anyone who cares look at them.
Case in point: Remember how great Roald Dahl books are?

Bard · 22-03-2001 01:35AM

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Excelsior:
Kids always read books of great interest to anyone who cares look at them.
Case in point: Remember how great Roald Dahl books are?</font>

Great point. Has the world ever seen his like since?

Clintons Cat · 27-03-2001 11:42PM

maybe the kids bullied in this way should rename their sites after muggles or some of the other potter names that turn up in another authors work published ten years before jk rowling in protest...[the actual names are part of a lawsuit in court at moment but i am damed if i am gonna research a troll post]
Personally if the potter corp are so keen on intellectual property of names ...then dont steal other peoples names....wangers

No more WB nasty letters about Harry Potter

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