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Originally Posted by Rosethorn1403
Hah. Rowling obviously is a little behind the 8 ball when it comes to this.l It could be very easily claimed that ROwling ripped off author Jill Murphy's phenomenally successful Worst Witch series, first published in 1974.
The story goes as such: dark haired young person of impressive magical heritage raised by non magical people goes to magic school (a stone castle atop a mountain surrounded by a forest) turns out to be very
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The good vs evil, young unskilled hero, older grandfather like mentor, quest of some kind is a common theme in many stories:
The Bible, Lord of the Rings, The Bellgariad, Star Wars, etc. Does this mean they all stole from each other? Remember, copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed
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