TV queen Oprah Winfrey has been hit with a plagiarism lawsuit from an author who alleges he wrote content she read aloud on her hit U.S. talk show.
Charles Harris claims he sent Winfrey 10 copies of his political booklet, How America Elects Her Presidents, when she began supporting Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008.
Harris said he never heard back from Oprah, but in an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show that aired in February 2009, the host asked questions from his political guide, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania.
He insists the readings were plagiarism and constituted copyright infringement, which has “damaged (his) business reputation and goodwill”.
Harris is seeking Winfrey’s profits or maximum statutory damages of up to £100,000 for each unlawful use, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Source: orange news
Unfortunately plagiarism become a part of our life. Now it happen everywhere, it happen intentionally and unintentionally, at art sphere too
I always thought that these people (artists) always have fresh ideas, but as I see, I was wrong! Why creativity disappear? Whyyyy? In my opinion, in universities to detect plagiarism more easy, teacher can just use plagiarism checking service and discover exactly which sections, if any, are plagiarized. For example, my teacher use for this PlagTracker.com – http://www.plagtracker.com/ and how to be with the fact of plagiarism in art, TV shows I don’t know.
By: Edith Cadena on 7 March, 2012
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