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Rowling, Warner sue Indian community over Hogwarts replica
The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has turned to the Indian legal system to protect its entryways.
J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, her publisher Bloomsbury and Warner Brothers, makers of the Potter movies, are suing a community group in India for recreating the school for wizards.
An elaborate Hogwarts castle made from canvas and papier mâché has been created in the eastern city of Kolkata for the upcoming Durga Puja festival, a significant Hindu religious festival.
The community group that created the replica is in a quandary after being summoned to a Delhi high court in a copyright infringement suit seeking two million rupees ($50,140 Cdn) for permission to show the castle.
In Rowling's books, Hogwarts is traditionally protected by magical spells. In this case, the size of the fine may be enough to deter the group.
"We had no clue that we had to seek permission from the author," Santanu Biswas, a representative of the community group, told Reuters, adding that the group does not have the money to pay the fine.
The group had also hired artists to create a replica of the Hogwarts Express, the train that Harry Potter and his young wizard friends take to the school, as well as life-sized models of the main figures in the best-selling series of books.
The group has spent about $30,000 for its replica, called a pandal.
"It's just a theme.… We have also modelled the Titanic and no-one sued us," said another organizer, Robin Mukherjee.
A lawyer will act for the group in Delhi in a hearing scheduled for Friday.
Artists from communities all over India are creating more than 10,000 pandals, including a statue of the 10-armed goddess Durga sitting on a lion and stabbing a demon emerging from a buffalo, for the festival.
People from all over the country visit Kolkata during the festival, to begin Oct. 17.
It is considered a matter of great pride and honour for local communities if their pandals are praised.
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Source: Rowling, Warner sue Indian community over Hogwarts replica
but its really good that indian court rule out this. 
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Indian court allows Harry Potter replica
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian court has allowed a community group to create a replica of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, rejecting a petition from author J.K. Rowling for copyright breach, the group's lawyers said on Friday.
The British creator of the Harry Potter boy wizard and Warner Brothers, who control the rights to the series in India, had sought 2 million rupees ($50,000) in compensation from the group, which had been erecting the structure for a religious festival.
The court allowed the group in the eastern city of Kolkata to use the structure until October 26, when the festival ends.
"The court has given us permission to use the Pandal (the structure) and whatever has been made till the 26th of October, no compensation has been directed to be paid," the community's lawyer, Soumitra Ghose Chaudhuri told Reuters.
"The case has been disposed of," he added.
Neither court officials nor the lawyers for J.K. Rowling were immediately available for comment
The group's lawyer said they argued that since the celebrations were held in the public interest and they were not for profit, the community did not need to pay compensation.
The group's massive structure in the shape of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was planned for the Hindu festival of the Goddess Durga, which celebrates her killing a demon and the victory of good over evil.
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Source: Indian court allows Harry Potter replica
i really cant believe  that Jo has turned so greedy  , but anyways now they dont hav to pay any compensation
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