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April 28, 2006
Off the shelves...and the screen?
Little, Brown has changed its mind. Kaavya Viswanathan's publisher announced that it will recall all copies of How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life. Book collectors who have already snagged a copy must be salivating. Robert Zelnick argues that stiffer penalties be imposed on those who plagiarise, as students do. He says "banish them from jobs or contracts in their field for a year" but surely something stronger is merited. Since this misrepresentation was a commercial activity that Ms. Viswanathan would have profited by, it ought to be treated as fraud. However, Ms. McCafferty won't claim damages. One presumes that the advance will have to be returned. No news of the movie deal but there isn't any doubt that if Opal Mehta gets [verb of choice] anywhere, it won't be on the silver screen.
Posted by Ahmad Saidullah at April 28, 2006 11:30 AM
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