Not to take away from the discussion on-going within Making Peace with the Past, but I found this too amusing not to post:
Harry Potter and the Spycatcher ruling
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Four people were arrested earlier this month after two copies of the forthcoming “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” were found in field just a quarter mile from Clays Ltd, the book’s printer. Two 16-year old boys, an 18-year old man, and a 44-year old man, were arrested in connection with the theft of the books, which were discovered by a walker in Bungay, Suffolk, who contacted the Sun newspaper. Lawyers acting for JK Rowling have issued a High Court injunction against an anonymous defendant, dubbed “John Doe.” The order, intended to prevent whoever was responsible for the thefts from making any details public, is the kind normally used to prevent disclosure of nuclear secrets by renegade MI5 agents. Explaining the ruling, which was given at
the High Court by Justice Laddie on May 7, Rowling’s attorney said, “The true identity of ‘John Doe’ has not yet been discovered. It has therefore been necessary to serve this order under the principles established in the Spycatcher case. In the meantime rigorous attempts will be made to locate John Doe.”