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Article: Rowling refuses to allow Swedish radio to read Potter books aloud.(J.K. Rowling)(Harry Potter books)(Brief Article)
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- Nordic Business Report
- Article date:
- March 8, 2002
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NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-8 March 2002-Rowling refuses to allow Swedish radio to read Potter books aloud (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
The British author JK Rowling, who created Harry Potter, has denied Sveriges Radio (the Swedish radio, SR) permission to read the Potter books aloud.
Under the Swedish copyright law, it is fully legal to refuse the right to read books aloud in radio broadcasts although it is very uncommon that it's done.
Authors who have refused reading of their works in the past include Ernest Hemingway, Vilhelm Moberg and Cornelis Vreeswijk who all later approved of the reading, reported TT, a Swedish ...