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Re: Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:40:48 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jonathan Lill writes:
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> > There is a difference between these two occurences. The Harry Potter lawsuit
> > is over the fact that both books use the term "muggles" though to mean
> > different things. Also there is a character in suer's book named Larry
> > Potter but he in no other way resembles Harry Potter. As far as I know that
> > is where the resemblance ends and it sounds purely accidental and in no way
> > actionable.
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> Not sure about this--here's a snippet culled from the ABC News site
> (excerpted here for purposes of review and discussion and intending no
> challenge to the copyright status of that fine site!)
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> "Both books have characters known as Muggles. They are non-wizards in the
> Rowling books, but in Stouffer's book they use magic to transform their dark
> homeland into a happy place."
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> Does "Muggle" have precedence before Stouffer? If so, then obviously she
> can claim no exclusive authorship of the name. If not, then she has a case,
> regardless of Rowling's different use of the term. Still, if I make "Ronald
> McDonald" my Scottish-themed restaurant's mascot, claiming that the name
> existed before the Golden Arches grabbed it, do you think I wouldn't be sued?
There was a long discussion on this in various Harry Potter web locations.
Yahoo Groups is where I saw it. Anyway, they came up with multiple uses of
the word Muggle going back at least 50 years.
Jason
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| (...) That's wild. I guess my question is whether there's an established context of use for the word, or if it's just out there in the world. I mean, I'm sure someone in history, while wielding his non-cumbersome sword, might have commented "Gee, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Not sure about this--here's a snippet culled from the ABC News site (excerpted here for purposes of review and discussion and intending no challenge to the copyright status of that fine site!) "Both books have characters known as Muggles. They (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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