plagiarism

Romance writer Cassie Edwards and publisher Signet Books have decided to break up after allegations emerged in January that in she lifted passages in several of her books from other sources. The author told the Associated Press that she indeed "takes" material from other works, but said she didn't know she was supposed to credit her sources.

Lonely Planet said Monday it stands by the accuracy of its travel guides following news reports that one of its authors claimed he plagiarized and invented sections of the books. But author Thomas Kohnstamm later told The Associated Press that his remarks to the Australian newspapers were "taken out of context."

William Patry, copyright lawyer extraordinare, discusses plagiarism in the Presidential race: Recently, Hillary Clinton has raised accusations of plagiarism against her opponent Barack Obama. The reader has to care about being deceived about authorial identity in order for the deceit to cross the line to fraud and thus constitute plagiarism.

Seems that once the plagiarism bus starts rolling there’s no stopping it. Spanish Nobel prize-winning writer Camilo José Cela has been accused of plagiarizing the work of a lesser known author for one of his best-selling books. The man died in 2002 under the shadow of this accusation, but now a literary expert has been called in to decide once and for all if Cela’s a thief.

Signet has responded to the speculation surrounding Cassie Edwards’ romance novels, stating forthrightly that the author is no plagiarist. Here’s the scoop on why the romance review blog Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books was questioning the author’s honesty in the first place. I’d be interested to know if this is indeed considered fair use.

Well, it’s come down to this. Jerry Seinfeld, not content to let the powers that be sort out his wife’s alleged plagiarism problems, took a few rather low shots at the opposing author on national television and has now gotten himself a defamation lawsuit for his troubles. Is all publicity good publicity?

I do not claim to be Jesus although some have called me that which I really think is blasphemy. But that article that I have posted here has to do with the willfull usurpation of ideas in self-published books by individuals who deem themselves above the law due to their wealth.

Lucia Logan’s book, A Hidden Passion was chosen as a finalist in the EPPIE awards. Neither its publisher, Dreamspinner Press, nor the EPPIE judges recognized it as a Jane Eyre rip off. The book made it to the finals despite the fact that the press withdrew it from its catalogue in October. So much for the efficacy of the grapevine.

Canadian author, Rebecca Eckler has sued NBC Universal and director Judd Apatow claiming they ripped off the premise of the hit movie "Knocked Up" from her book of the same name