Harry Potter publisher sued for copyright infringement

[dapaterson]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/books/17arts-POTTERPUBLIS_BRF.html?hpw

Heirs to an estate claim JK Rowling stole ideas from a book written two decades ago.

However, the other wizard had a different name.  Willy the Wizard.  I'm just trying to imagine writing, with a straight face, a book about a wizard named Willy and his magic wand...

 

[Haggis]

Certainly doesn't sound like a children's story title to me!

Booom chacka booom.

 

[dapaterson]

I'm just trying to imagine the movie version - would the Hagrid (I said Hagrid, not Haggis!) character be played by Ron Jeremy?

 

[Haggis]

I'm just trying to imagine the movie version - would the Hagrid (I said Hagrid, not Haggis!) character be played by Ron Jeremy?

Could Hagrid and Jeremy possibly be brothers?

 

[dapaterson]

How about Hagrid and Haggis?  Any connection?

 

[dustinm]

If that's the book I'm thinking of, it also had a character named Harry Potter who was a magician, but he was a secondary character.

 

[Haggis]

How about Hagrid and Haggis?  Any connection?

Same father.  Different mothers.

 

[BernDawg]

Wasn't that a double feature with "Flesh Gordon"??