Rowling sues publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon

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Originally Posted by mortalterror

Think of all the important works of literature we wouldn't have if nobody ever copied anybody else's work. Kiss all of Shakespeare's plays goodbye, along with every one of the ancient Greek plays. So long Chaucer. Auf Wiedersehen Virgil. Most of the great writers didn't have to worry about copyright. When they saw a good idea they stole it and we are much better off that they did.

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good point mortalterror, especially seeing as Rowling herself lifted many of her creatures from Greek mythology and English fairy tales. She's just lucky there isn't a copy right on those because their authorship can't be traced and they would have been around longer than 75 years anyway.