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A quick update to this older post: The Winnipeg folk trio The Wyrd Sisters has, shockingly, been unable to stop the Harry Potter monolith from distributing the new flick. "The public wouldn't confuse three characters from the film with the real-life band, The Wyrd Sisters, Justice Colin Campbell ruled. The Wyrd Sisters tried to stop the Canadian theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, slated for Nov. 18, arguing that a fictional rock band in the film would ruin their careers. They were seeking $40 million in damages from Warner Bros."

Well, it does seem like a publicity stunt, but as usual the lunatics have come out (and not in the good way): "The case has sparked a flurry of online activity among Potter and Radiohead fans [cuz there's band member crossover between R-head and the movie musicians]. Many of them have dubbed the lawsuit, fronted by Wyrd Sisters singer Kim Baryluk, a headline-grabbing stunt. Baryluk refuted such claims. 'Hate mail and death threats is not good publicity for me. I think my career is over,' she said....

"'I'm going to go to a new town where I haven't played before and I'm going to get a bunch of people there expecting Radiohead and they're going to see a bunch of middle-aged folk people on stage. They're going to be angry . . . I will look like the middle-aged folk lady who used Harry Potter to claim fame.'"

Fave Wyrd tune: "Same Old Story," off 1997's Raw Voice.