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Article #66339Re: Harry Potter a ripoff from Spellcasting 101?
From: richard e white
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 02:10
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 02:10
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John VanSickle wrote: > zalzon wrote: > > > > In the early 90s, a company called Legend released a game called > > Spellcasting 101. It was an adventure game where you were a boy who > > living with an abusive father. You filled out an application for > > Soucerer's University and escaped from your home. Basically lots of > > interesting stuff happens when you are at university as you mess around > > with magic. The game was written to be humourous as much as it was > > adventurous. > > > > What I noticed is that the concept was ripped off by this Harry potter > > stuff. > > This is the active ingredient in Dungbombs. > > The Legend people cannot claim that the concept of the wizard school was > theirs because the story idea has been around since, oh, The Earthsea > Trilogy, and wasn't a new idea then. > > #1 Rule of Copyright: NOBODY OWNS IDEAS. > > Regards, > John I have read works that talk about wizard schools that where writen in the 1400 and they thought it was an old idea. -- Richard The Blind Typer Lets Hear It For Talking Computers.
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