Rowling Wins Privacy Case

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling won her legal battle to ban further publication of a long-lens photograph of her son, a British panel of judges announced in a written judgment Wednesday. The privacy case is a major development in British law, Ms. Rowling's legal team said.

The disputed photographs were taken in November 2004, when Ms. Rowling's son David, then age 1, was being pushed in a stroller by his parents.

"This case establishes a law of privacy for children in those cases where, understandably, the parents wish to protect their children from intrusive photography from the paparazzi," a member of the law firm representing Ms. Rowling said.