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JK Rowling loses court battle over son pic


(Digital Spy)
Updated: 2007-08-08 17:02



Harry Potter author JK Rowling has lost a court battle over a photograph
of her son.

The best-selling writer was unhappy when a picture of her son David
appeared in the Sunday Express magazine, accompanying an article about
her parenting style. The photograph, which was taken in 2004 when the
child was 20 months old, showed Rowling pushing David in a buggy on an
Edinburgh street.

Rowling and her husband Neil Murray argued that their son's right to
privacy had been invaded by the picture, and sought damages from Express
Newspapers and the photo owners Big Pictures, as well as an injunction
which would ban further publication of the snap. The couple had filed the
lawsuit on behalf of their son.

However, a High Court judge ruled that "the law does not...allow them to
carve out a press-free zone for their children in respect of absolutely
everything they choose to do".

He added: "I have considerable sympathy for the claimant's parents and
anyone else who wishes to shield their children from intrusive media
attention... [but] an area of routine activity which, when conducted in a
public place, carries no guarantee of privacy."

Judge Patten ordered that Rowling and her husband must pay 拢40,000
interim costs to Big Pictures, pending the outcome of an appeal. A
temporary ban has been placed on publication of the photograph until the
appeal has taken place.























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