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Originally Posted by Teresa Edgerton  But a lot of those similarities are just clichéd thinking about magic, witches, school children etc. And as far as all of those elements they are putting up for comparison are concerned, you could find those in combination in dozens of children's books. It only looks like she is directly copying someone when you put her books up side by side with one other author. |
true, for a given value of truth
but it is strange that soon after aquiring HP, WB bought the rights to 3 of the works that could have had good grounds for plagiarism
if you didn't know better, who would you guess this was?
well that is Tim Hunter (who, if WB do indeed make the film) will age from being 12/13 in the stories to 15/16 in the film and his glasses will no longer be round
and it isn't just one author she is being compared to.
the name comes from a film and is also similar to Larry Potter written by an author who also copyrighted the name muggles as a term for the non magical characters in another story (but was unsuccessful when she tried to fight JKR on the grounds of copyright theft).
the basic character list for HP and WW is almost identical.
her plagiarism may have been unconscious (she may have noticed the names Larry Potter and Muggles in a library or bookshop and not realised.
she may have seen a poster for Troll in a video store or a cinema and not realised.
she may have read a Worst Witch book when she was younger and forgotten about it.
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"I've no idea where ideas come from and I hope I never find out, it would spoil the excitement for me if it turned out I just have a funny little wrinkle on the surface of my brain which makes me think about invisible train platforms."
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or maybe she has realised that she has become very rich through unconscious plagiarism and is in denial :shrug: