JK Rowling (Harry Potter) plagarized from Travel with Li Po

William Kelly, one of the brothers of the Bogside Artists is the author of "Travels with Li Po" (1). W. Kelly made a major outcry that JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series copy and plagiarized his novels due to there are countless similarities between the two works (2). To make a long story short with the similarities, the plot has a lot of similarities: SUMMARY OF PLOT SIMILARITIES EXPLANATION: VERY IMPORTANT or essential similarities are in Bold Italic. Other Important similarities are Underline. TRAVELS WITH LI PO CHAPTER 1: OM ESTABLISHED AS LOST, ABANDONED, A MIRACULOUS SURVIVOR LINKED TO ANOTHER WORLD. HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE of whose presence the cosmos and all creatures in it are aware. OM is linked to the forces of nature. Survives hecause he is recognised for who he is and protected by unseen powers. IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT HE IS BADLY BULLIED AT SCHOOL. CAST OF THE SERIES INTRODUCED. THIS IS HIS BAPTISM OF FIRE IN THE WILD FORCES OF NATURE. CHAPTER 2: OWEN IS RESCUED BY OLD BART. OM FINDS HIMSELF IN A SURREAL WORLD. IS IT DREAM OR REALITY? IS INTRODUCED TO LI PO HIS MENTOR AND GUARDIAN, AN ANCIENT ALCHEMIST who has taken the form of a comical little Puffin in order to instruct his charge. CHAPTER 3: THE ENCHANTED FOREST. OM's education begins in earnest. Li Po tells OM about THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE to whet his appetite. Li Po behaves unexpectedly. But OM is more concerned with survival at this stagE. HP COMMUNES WITH A WILD ANIMAL, A TIGER. Li Po demonstrates his clairvoyance by seeing INVISIBLE PRESENCES. CHAPTER 4: OM journeys through the Land of The Serious who are constantly at war with The Jokers. They live underground. OM meets the gatekeeper and MUST PROVE HIS COURAGE in order to escape by climbing over the gate that is a hundred feet high. CHAPTER 5: OM and hunger. The Red House. Madness. THE ROOM OF MIRRORS. Forced to make a fool out of himself for food. CHAPTER 6: OM PERFORMS UNCONSCIOUS MAGICAL FEAT OF LEAPING WALL. HE PINES FOR HIS MOTHER AND FATHER. Has fun wtih Li Po. Is cross examined by the customs man, the incurable Joker. CHAPTER 7: OM arrives at Abandonville, the nightmare metropolis where people are divided into only two classes, the Uglies and the Beautifuls. CHAPTER 8: The Virtue Agency and SATANIC MR. YUTHERE. CHAPTER 9: OM betrayed and imprisoned. Obsessed with girl. Sees Li Po as he really is in a dream... a wise old man. Is sent to the palace to meet king and runs into the evil sadist Le Compte de Pilfer. CHAPTER 10: Li Po scuppers Yuthere's plans. OM is released. HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE CHAPTER 1: HP ESTABLISHED AS LOST, ABANDONED, A MIRACULOUS SURVIVOR LINKED TO ANOTHER WORLD. THE CHOSEN ONE. Nature itself knows of his existence. He is linked to the forces of the cosmos. Survives because he is recognised for who he is and protected by unseen powers. CHAPTER 2:IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT HE IS BADLY BULLIED AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL. HP PERFORMS UNCONSCIOUS MAGICAL FEAT OF APPEARING ON ROOF. HP COMMUNES WITH A WILD ANIMAL, A SNAKE, and releases it by magic. CHAPTER 3: HARRY'S BAPTISM OF FIRE IN THE WILD FORCES OF NATURE. HP IS RESCUED BY OLD HAGRID and told he is special - a wizard. CHAPTER 4: HP promised fame and recognition at last as the wizard he had no idea, except in retrospect, that he was and he is off to study witchcraft and expand his powers. CAST OF SERIES INTRODUCED. CHAPTER 5: HP has the fortune. Only fame awaits CHAPTER 6: HP FINDS HIMSELF IN A SURREAL WORLD. CHAPTER 7: The school regime. MEETS DUMBLEDORE, HIS MENTOR AND GUARDIAN, A 150-YEARS-OLD ALCHEMIST. CHAPTER 8: Madness. Dumbledore behaving unexpectedly. Harry the thinker. CHAPTER 9: Harry has feelings. CHAPTER 10: HP MUST PROVE HIS COURAGE. CHAPTER 11: HP has established his warrior credentials again. Intro to The Philosopher's Stone. CHAPTER 12: HARRY LONGS FOR HIS MOTHER AND FATHER. THE INVISIBLE PRESENCES. THE ROOM OF MIRRORS. CHAPTER 13: THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE. CHAPTER 14: Interlude. CHAPTER 15: THE ENCHANTED FOREST and its strange creatures. The three headed dog. The baptism of fire proper. Hermione lets it all hang out. Harry has more feelings. CHAPTER 16: Chess game. Journey to the last chamber. CHAPTER 17: SHOWDOWN WITH SATANIC VOLDEMORT. (2) Under the copyright laws states that someone can't copy someone's original work (4) and that what Rowling did by telling how many individual plots are the same (5). Since this is a plagiarism argument, then we have to look and vote based on a law perspective and looking at the law perspective, Rowling did violated the copyright laws since it CAN'T a coincidence there are so many similarities to the point it is a copyright violation, no matter how big or small it is. "Travels with Li Po" came out in 1990 (6) and the first Harry Potter book didn't came out until 1997 (7), so the plot on Harry Potter came after "Travels with Li Po" with similar plot and ideas. Also Rowling tried to stop William Kelly's work (8) from being sold to the open public so I wonder why she did that against a specific book like "Travels with Li Po"? Now a dozen of Rowling's legal lawyers of Schillings such as Neil Blair are unnecessary battling and evoked a violent response against the William Kelly and the editors of Derry, Northern Ireland (9). 1.)http://www.bogsideartists.com... 2.)http://www.travelswithlipo.com... 3.)http://www.travelswithlipo.com... 4.)http://www.checkforplagiarism.net... 5.)http://travelswithlipo.com... 6.)http://www.travelswithlipo.com... 7.)http://en.wikipedia.org... 8.)http://www.bogsideartists.com... 9.)http://travelswithlipo.com...