JK Rowling faces (another) Plagiarism suit

[psusue]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

If it's so unoriginal, surely you can name others (than the litigants here), right?

I don't think that she's saying here that there are x number of books which have the exact same concepts of wizard schools, contests, and hospitals. What I think she's saying here is that wizards = humans. Humans go to schools, hold contests, and require hospitals. They are simply human concepts that are also found in the "wizarding world". Most sci-fi novels are this way. That's all I think that she was saying.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by psusue

I don't think that she's saying here that there are x number of books which have the exact same concepts of wizard schools, contests, and hospitals. What I think she's saying here is that wizards = humans. Humans go to schools, hold contests, and require hospitals. They are simply human concepts that are also found in the "wizarding world". Most sci-fi novels are this way. That's all I think that she was saying.

And, again - if that idea was so self-evident, and had the potential to become a multi-billion-dollar industry as it obviously did (so there's proof of success), then surely you would expect it to be available in the wild, even in less-successful form, right?

Obvious in hindsight does not equal obvious in practice.

[Little32]

I have seen quite a few school-centric, fantasy novels published for adolescents, since HP. Growing up, I don't remember reading so many of those. I think Rowling actually heavily shaped the genre in that way.

To the accusations: one or two similarities, maybe. However, I think it is the amalgamation of all of those things together that would suggest plagiarism. Also, if there is a game like Quidditch in Willy the Wizard, Rowling has some explaining to do.

HP always seemed to lean a little heavily on LOTR to me, but that would be more of a "conventions of the genre" set of circumstances.

It would be great if this were all just a ploy to get HP readers to buy WW to "see for themselves" if there was plagiarism. That would be a gold mine.

[rhoyaltempest]

True or not, the "Larry Potter" character in the other book is quite the coincidence even just the name.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

And, again - if that idea was so self-evident, and had the potential to become a multi-billion-dollar industry as it obviously did (so there's proof of success), then surely you would expect it to be available in the wild, even in less-successful form, right?

Obvious in hindsight does not equal obvious in practice.

Plus, even tiny tweaks to ideas can be novel ideas on their own, and can make all the difference when it comes to marketability, etc.

[DDDlady]

Originally Posted by psusue

I don't think that she's saying here that there are x number of books which have the exact same concepts of wizard schools, contests, and hospitals. What I think she's saying here is that wizards = humans. Humans go to schools, hold contests, and require hospitals. They are simply human concepts that are also found in the "wizarding world". Most sci-fi novels are this way. That's all I think that she was saying.

That is exactly what I was saying. It just didn't seem like much of a stretch of the imagination to put a school, hospital, or some sort of contest in the books. Especially since Rowling's wizarding world seems very similar to the normal, non wizarding world. That was all I meant by my comment.