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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
Greetings,
Is there any standard of method of reporting suspected plagiarism? I was reading a recently published ebook today and I noticed a passage that seemed oddly familar (and bit out of keeping with the style of the novel). I then checked wikipedia and, low and behold, the passage seems to have been copied, with little alteration, from the wikipedia article dedicated to one of the novel's (historical) antagonists. I was going to publish this on my blog but, not wanting to be sued for libel, I decided to ask here if anyone knows what I
should do. This is a very high-profile novel from a respected publishing company, not a self-published indy book. The hardcover is selling quite well and getting good reviews.
Luqman
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I'm also for asking the author first, but I want to point out that you can't be sued for libel merely for pointing out the similarities in the material. Not in the US, anyway.
For it to be libel, it has to be both false and malicious.
Publishing your finding without further investigation could *possibly* be considered malicious, but if what you publish is true, you aren't guilty of libel.
But consult the author just to cover all the bases.