A few months ago, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer was sued for plagiarism by Jordan Scott, who claimed that Stephenie used some plotline in her book for Breaking Dawn.
Yesterday, the Honorable Otis D. Wright II of the US District Court dismissed the claim and ruled in favor of Stephenie Meyer. According to the judge, both books (The Nocturne and Breaking Dawn) have little in common and that the “characters in the two works are vastly different”. The decision scolded Scott for “the deceptive presentation of the alleged similarities” and noted that she ” has twice manipulated aspects of the subject works in order to create the appearance of similarity”.
The judge also confirms that Breaking Dawn is wholly an original work by Stephenie Meyer and this was a frivolous lawsuit brought for the purpose of publicizing the plaintiff’s personal publishing aspirations.
Following Wright’s ruling, a Hachette spokesperson said today, “While an attempt to ride on someone else’s success may not be surprising, it is encouraging that the courts and the public are not so easily misled.”
Source: Twilight Lexicon and Publishers Weekly
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