Attorney for self-published author mum on case dismissal
As predicted, author Susan Hassett’s copyright infringement / plagiarism lawsuit against Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the panelists on ABC-TV’s “The View,” has been thrown out of court. [See “Author Beware!” below.] According to the Boston Herald, “It’s unclear why Hassett didn’t pursue the case. Her lawyer, Richard Cunha of Swansea, yesterday told the Herald, ‘I can [sic] talk about that,’ then hung up the phone.”
Hasselbeck continues to encounter some problems with her book as an open letter written by Elaine Monarch, executive director of the Celiac Disease Foundation, makes the rounds of blogs that discuss the disease. Monarch says, “While it is important to call attention to celiac disease, the information must be accurate—the inaccuracies in this book are potentially dangerous and detrimental to celiacs…”
This seems to be a case in which all the losers are winners and all the winners are losers. JK
JK :: Nov.17.2009 :: book publishing, self-publishing ::
