Even though the authors had admitted, and in court, they had read the book whose author alleged was plagiarised, the power of the purse won out and Sony etc. were vindicated of the alleged offense.
Sad that.
Now what does this mean and does it give the corporate writers right of way to plagiarise freely?
2007-05-14 04:52:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The case was decided and no plagiarism was involved. Your concerns are unfounded. Many stories resemble each other because there are only so many plot lines and they get rehashed numerous times. I read a bunch of romance novels one year and found that they all had the very same plot line. Change the names, the places and you have a new story. In order to prove plagiarism, the two stories need to be nearly verbatim.
2007-05-14 05:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by rac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why mention this now is this not old news? However and whatever, you are right. I have found a few books of late that are obviously plagiarised from certain books.
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber composer many musicals was accused early in his career for using plagiarism, however nothing was ever proved.
2007-05-14 04:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's a problem though: the original author claimed the story about Jesus being a king, and Mary Magedelaine's husband in Holy Blood Holy Grail was true. If that's the case, anyone can write stories about it because it's being presented as fact, not a story where the author can have IP protection.
2007-05-14 05:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by Pfo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I read both books...they're both fictional accounts based on similar items but resemble nothing of each other. There have been fictional stories written about the Civil War but it doesn't make the same plagiarized story. Both authors are guilty of writing bad books based on fraudulent accounts and I'm not talking about religion either.
2007-05-14 05:06:57 · answer #4 · answered by Laughing Man Copycat 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the book wasn't plagarized so I think you're very off base...There were a few similar thought processes, which occurs in every set of books...should Harry Potters creator get sued for using wizards since thousands of other author's do as well?
2007-05-14 04:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by gunkinthedrain 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Da Vinci Code...what a pile of ****
2007-05-14 07:28:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
who can we trust any more?
2007-05-14 04:59:43 · answer #7 · answered by david 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋