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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Rowling could claim that any book placed in a wizarding school is a derivative of Harry Potter, and might well win the case.
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She
could claim it. But "might well win"? No she wouldn't. She wasn't the first (and it's too vague). She herself would be derivative if that's the standard. No judge in their right mind would decide that any book merely
set in a wizarding school is derivative of HP. No more than any judge would decide that any book that takes place on Mars is derivative of
The Martian. There is SOME common sense that prevails in this regard.