Stephanie Meyer Being Sued

Rumors have been swirling for awhile, but now it's official - Stephanie Meyer is being sued.

Author Jordan Scott is suing Stephanie Meyer and publishing house Little, Brown for copyright infringement. Scott isn't suing them for all the Twilight books, just the fourth installment, Breaking Dawn.

It seems that Scott published a book called The Nocturne a few years back and both her lawyers and herself believe that Breaking Dawn "…shows a striking and substantial similarity" to The Nocturne.

If you read the excerpts, the similarities aren't really that striking as Scott and her lawyers would have you believe. Here are a few examples:

The Nocturne "Until my very last breath," I said. "Forever."

Breaking Dawn "Forever," he agreed, and then pulled us into deep water.

The Nocturne Her face was so pale it was frightening.

Breaking Dawn There was something about her fingers and wrists that looked so fragile it was scary.

The rest of the examples in the letter detailing the alleged copyright infringement go a lot like the examples given above.

Judging from what Scott calls copyright infringement and the examples given by the lawyers, most just don't see the "substantial" similarities. Some descriptive text is sort of similar, but no one owns the English language, so when describing a certain scene, some of the words are going to be similar, if not the same.

There has, so far, been no public response from Meyer's camp regarding this latest lawsuit.

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