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Re: Harry Potter?
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:36:59 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > I haven't read any of these cultishly popular books, so I'm in no position
> > to judge or make other comment...
> I wouldn't call #1 best-sellers as cultish - fadish, perhaps.
I didn't mean it as insultingly as it probably came across. Think of it
merely as an outsider's perception of an endlessly popular phenomenon. It's
not a cult, obviously; I mean, it's not Pokemon, for pity's sake! 8^)
> The web site of the author of Larry Potter is extremely self-serving to say
> the least (www.realmuggles.com), but she may have a trademark (not
> copyright) case. The lawyers will have a field day, in any case.
I know that none of us is a copyright lawyer, but, if she wins, might
Larry's author be entitled to royalties on all things Potter? That could
spell zillions and zillions of dollars!
> But then, the ultimate in fantasy plaigarism is still around - Sword of
> Shanara, so who knows.
Similarly, Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant borrow quite
liberally (as does much modern fantasy) from Tolkien (who himself was a
borrower, after a fashion!)
Dave!
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| (...) I rather enjoyed the Harry Potter books, but then I'm a Tolkien cultist. :-) (...) Trademark infringement would most likely get her a piece of the action. (...) Borrowing or being inspired by, and out-and-out character-for-character and (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I wouldn't call #1 best-sellers as cultish - fadish, perhaps. The web site of the author of Larry Potter is extremely self-serving to say the least (www.realmuggles.com), but she may have a trademark (not copyright) case. The lawyers will have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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