Hannah I dont think people are saying that Rowling is a fraud are that HP is not well written. The problem as I see it is that rowling takes a very snotty attitude towards others and their ideas. Do I believe that she took inspiration from others - Yes I do. is that a crime no not to me. But if anyone writes anything that is to close to her work such as the russian writer she is very quick to either throw money at the problem or sue. Take "The Worst Witch" I enjoyed it were their some similarities - yes. When the copy right holder started making noise about it Warner Bros quickly bought up the rights and killed it cant have anything competing with HP can we. Rowlings crime as it were is that her attitude is that copy right is only for her and not others and that angers people. She is allowed to sue people because of similarities in a story but others are not allowed to disparage her or sue her. Using her guidelines I can make the case that she had to many similarities in her movie and the worst witch and there for it should be shot down and put in the kill file. I think that its that attitude and the legal profession that have done so much damage to the intelectual property rights.
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Hannah I dont think people are saying that Rowling is a fraud are that HP is not well written. The problem as I see it is that rowling takes a very snotty attitude towards others and their ideas. Do I believe that she took inspiration from others - Yes I do. is that a crime no not to me. But if anyone writes anything that is to close to her work such as the russian writer she is very quick to either throw money at the problem or sue. Take "The Worst Witch" I enjoyed it were their some similarities - yes. When the copy right holder started making noise about it Warner Bros quickly bought up the rights and killed it cant have anything competing with HP can we. Rowlings crime as it were is that her attitude is that copy right is only for her and not others and that angers people. She is allowed to sue people because of similarities in a story but others are not allowed to disparage her or sue her. Using her guidelines I can make the case that she had to many similarities in her movie and the worst witch and there for it should be shot down and put in the kill file. I think that its that attitude and the legal profession that have done so much damage to the intelectual property rights.