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Article #66336Re: Harry Potter a ripoff from Spellcasting 101?
From: John VanSickle
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 23:24
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 23:24
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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
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