Comments on: The Discarded Bathwater Dilemma: Plagiarism and Signet

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By: Please Don’t Feed the Writer » Blog Archive » Plagiarism vs. Research

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:51:46 +0000

[...] The debates will rage on for some time, I’m sure. Some writers will continue to claim that their readers would never know the difference. Some will overreact, which Linnea of HEA Cafe warns us against. Some will shrug and move on. You can bet that this situation won’t be forgotten quickly. [...]

By: Deb Smith

Deb Smith — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:19:49 +0000

Good posts. I’ve been appalled by the ignorance of both readers and supposedly professional writers regarding how Signet, or any publisher, should respond to unproven charges of plagiarism. First off, Signet would have been risking a lawsuit, not to mention violating the ethics of publisher-author relations, to issue a blanket condemnation of an author whose work a) hasn’t yet been studied by copyright experts and b)whose “plagiarism” may not violate her contract terms IF she used out-of-copyright or Fair Use materials. These are not small issues and had Signet ignored them to give a knee-jerk reaction that made ignorant readers (and authors) happy, Signet would have been in the wrong. In the same instance, RWA was absolutely correct to issue a “wait until the evidence is in” statement, because plagiarism is a thorny thicket of copyright technicalities, and Ms. Edwards may well be cleared of most, if not all, actionable claims. Whether you like what she did or not, whether copying verbatim is bad writing, (it is) the fact is that copying does not always equal illegal action. What this tempest mainly showed was just how little most people know about copyright law. And how savage they are in their ignorance.

By: Mo

Mo — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:08:48 +0000

First off…While Nora and Cassie share the same parent publisher…Penguin Putnam…they don’t share the same publisher (if that makes sense) as Cassie writes for Signet and Nora writes for Berkley Jove. Berkley/Jove/Penguin/Putnam are completely different companies. Saying that tho, Linnea is right on about not lumping everyone into the same basket.

Let’s say, for arguments sake, that Cassie IS guilty (I beleive we are innocent till proven guilty so am holding judgement for a bit longer), one rotten apple doesn’t mean the whole bunch is rotten too. I ask everyone to please not judge all Signet authors, or all historical authors, or better yet, all romance authors as if we all are guilty of plagiarism.

And yes…authors are in no way responsible if their covers don’t jive with their stories. Blame marketing LOL

By: Kate Pearce

Kate Pearce — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:45:34 +0000

I must respectfully disagree with you on one point, Linnea-all teenagers are lazy.
Well all the ones in my house are

Otherwise you’re right on!