POTTER FANS JOY

Ipswich-based law firm Prettys, which represents 15-year-old Claire Field the Internet Web mistress of a Harry Potter fan site (see Gazette [2001] 1 March...Ipswich-based law firm Prettys, which represents 15-year-old Claire Field the Internet Web mistress of a Harry Potter fan site (see Gazette [2001] 1 March, 6), this week announced that Warner Brothers had dropped its breach of copyright case.

Warner Brothers agreed not to seek the transfer of the domain name and accepted the non-commercial nature of the site.

All donations to the fighting fund set up by Prettys to purchase litigation insurance to allow Ms Field to continue her legal fight will be refunded.