Authors Guild Praises Nora Roberts' Legal Action on Digital Plagiarism - Publishing Perspectives

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when the Panzermobile was shaken by clapping cheering outside. Following all the hullabaloo took our traveling kitty boy to the Publishing Perspectives site. There with a little digging he discovered a post about the Authors Guild and Nora Roberts.

Gotcha!

According to Porter Anderson, the Authors Guild has voiced its support for Nora Roberts in her fight against plagiarism. In April Nora Roberts sued Cristiane Serruga for plagiarism for copying Roberts and others' books. Serruga claims her ghost writers plagiarized others works without her permission. In a post on her site, Roberts not only addressed Serruga's plagiarism but Amazon's lack of control of plagiarists and the authors' stolen works. Panzer told you about the lawsuit last week. There are several links included in the post to learn more about Roberts' lawsuit.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... You know there's software to check for that, right?"

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Nora Roberts sues Brazilian author, cites 'multi-plagiarism' - AP News

Panzer was shaken from his kitty bed by clapping and cheering coming from the Catosphere. Hopping into the Panzermobile, our speedy kitty boy followed all the noise to the AP News site. With a little digging he found a post about bestselling author Nora Roberts.

You will get caught.

According to Hillel Italie, Nora Roberts has sued Brazilian author Cristiane Serruya. Author Nora Roberts alleges in her suit filed in Brazil that Cristiane Serruya plagiarized her work multiple times. Serruya has said ghost writers she was using did the plagiarizing, but she's still selling the books in question. Amazon removed the books after Roberts notified them of the offenses, but other sites are still selling them.

Panzer says, "You steal it, you still have to pay the price eventually."

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