Still. I do like some of the works that were inspired by it (Elder Scrolls and Baldurs Gate 3 (D&D) I like a lot) so It doesn't really matter if they're knock offs or not, since they do have they're own original stories.

I never said stuff that is inspired by Tolkien or borrows heavily is bad, but we shouldn't fool ourselves into thinking tons of it is original when most of it is just modified. I'm a big Warcraft fan and it rips off Tolkien heavily, but still manages to develop very original origin stories for other things. HP has some original stuff, but if you removed it, there were would still be so much that basically are just renamed versions. There have been several articles written about so many things that are parallels to Tolkien in HP that not other fantasy franchise comes close.

Many great fantasy writers have credited Tolkien for inspiring them and admit to taking many of his ideas and making them their own, but I've never heard Rowling give him any credit... maybe someone can find something where she does.

This discussion was had on here not that long ago—my opinion was, and still is, that she took way more from Tolkien than people are actually suggesting. The Dementors and Nazgûl aren't only similar visually: read TLOTR and marvel at how precisely how similar the effect the Nazgûl has on the hobbits is to the effect of the Dementors. The way it's written is extraordinarily similar. Even more outrageous is the (I believe single) use of "he who we do not name" (or something along those lines) for Sauron, which then became the moniker for Voldemort.

Thing is, I don't think that takes away from Rowling's act of genius, which was mapping existing fantasy tropes and elements found specifically in TLOTR onto a modern child (ie her readership). But to suggest that she didn't take anything from Tolkien is also to suggest that if Tolkien didn't exist her books would have been identical. Which is completely untrue.

Percy Jackson ripped off Harry Potter

How...?

Thats what i have been saying all along

Can we please stop saying “ripped off”?? If you actually look at the story’s and such, they are very different. Yes, they were inspired by lotr, but they are different. Tolkiens work inspired all modern fantasy. Stop hating on them. Enjoy them for what they are.

Thus is totally true. (However Tolkien's work has some resemblance to greek mythology too I thunk we should mention that)

@GandalfTheWhite11 Tolkien's work was inspired from other previous works, especially Icelandic and Norse Sagas, as well as Beowulf, perhaps more prominently than all. However, this does not cross the line to the near-blatant plagiarism that J.K. Rowling's books contain.

I’d say Tolkien is more similar to Norse mythology than Rowling is similar to Tolkien.