I received an email from a woman who claims to have written a book about her channeled conversations with deceased celebrities. Whether you believe in channeling (a two-way conversation between the living and the dead) or not is irrelevant…
Entire sections of the book contained information taken from websites but no websites or writers were given credit. So, is this copyright infringement or plagiarism? In this case…
“I would want 20-30 copies for personal use and distribution but I do not want to make it available for sale to the general public. I use real examples from my career and real names…”
Dog Ear Publishing author lost his publisher AND the website HE paid for!
If the court finds that the offending statement constitutes opinion, it is not actionable.
I can’t think of a more creative way to entrap someone for copyright infringement. Well, yes I can but I’m not going to give any mean people reading this any ideas…
WritersWeekly has obtained a copy of an email sent out by Dog Ear Publishing dated May 21, 2020…
Want to go bankrupt from legal fees? Then, by all means, write about celebrities!
Never, EVER trust a stranger you meet online.
Two years ago, my former co-author and someone else attempted to “re-write” our original book. The new edition of the book still contains major swaths of my work…
