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Rush Is on for Harry Potter Knockoffs in China

by Louisa Lim, NPR
July 13, 2007

In China, copyright pirates are racing to get out their version of the latest Harry Potter film before the real one makes it to theaters. Fake books are in the works, too, with no resemblance to the real thing. Such fakes have become a cottage industry in China.

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