Orson Scott Card blasts J.K. Rowling's Lawsuit

Oh Orson Scott, you're such a... er... Card.

Seriously tho, this is an interesting, if somewhat sideways take on the fair-use copyright troubles plaguing new media.

Card lays out (something like tongue-in-cheek) some of the similarities between the story in Ender's Game and in the Potter series: "A young kid growing up in an oppressive family situation suddenly learns that he is one of a special class of children with special abilities, who are to be educated in a remote training facility where student life is dominated by an intense game played by teams flying in midair, at which this kid turns out to be exceptionally talented and a natural leader." (And that's just to get started.)

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