What if JKR is a member of our group?

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 32452

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Laura Hale" <lhale at n...> wrote:
>  
> > If she is not a member , I could definitely see her having assistants
> > read the posts and filing away good ideas to develope for future plot
> > twists.
> 
> But then, wouldn't she open herself up to accusations of plagiarism?  A lot
> of pro-authors are on record as saying that they don't do the sort of thing
> so they can avoid such accusations.  (Some messy incident involving Marion
> Zimmer Bradley... seems to have prompted a lot of that...)  Though maybe
> like Babylon 5, she uses better cites to keep track of that which she has
> done?. . . 

JKR has effectively immunized herself against future plagiarism suits based on 
internet speculations via two pathways: (1) by claiming to have already outlined 
everything in detail, she in effect claims to have already thought everything out, 
and it would be the accuser's word against hers as to which was conceived first 
and (2) like the proverbial infinite typing monkeys eventually producing 
Shakespeare -- there are so many boards and fanfics out there speculating on 
every possible permutation of the future, it's pretty likely that one of them will 
hit on something just be sheer random luck.