You know that lawsuit – the one filed against Oprah Winfrey, claiming a trillion dollars for alleged plagiarism? It’s been thrown out of court – probably even before Oprah even knew she was being sued! In today’s Write Report with Donna, we’re covering this non-event, together with the furore over Yale’s banning of images of Muhammad in book they’re publishing (or not)… and this week’s mega-plagiarism allegation – it concerns the book about FaceBook ( the FaceBook bookbook?). Ben Mezrich’s “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook” has reportedly earned him a $1.5m advance – but claims by another author, Aaron Greenspan, thatthere are “numerous similarities in word choice, event sequencing and writing style” between his book and Mezrich’s tale could slash that sum. A case for m‘learned friends, perhaps?
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Links: Oprah Stole My Poetry, Man Claims In $1 Trillion Lawsuit, Yale Press Bans Images of Muhammad in New Book, Publisher aims to head off Facebook charges
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