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Originally Posted by Iphinome
That's not entirely true. If all I wanted to do was say use a magical sorting hat to divide up students I'd probably be facing a lawsuit. Haryr potter added to the culture, I don't want to remake it but i might want to make use of some bits. Niven's ringworld is a wonderful playground it has been years why not let other people play there freely? For that matter how would Ms Rowling be harmed if someone wrote a story about Dumbledore's first day at hogwarts? One would assume she could do the same and outsell the competition and if she couldn't why wouldthere still not be room for both?
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There is room in the world for such things: "fan fiction". Although technically a breach of copyright, most authors, Ms. Rowling included, turn a blind eye to it. It's only when people try to abuse it (eg by trying to sell it commercially) that the law gets involved.