Post by jag11 on Aug 9, 2009 18:45:48 GMT -5
A poet named Damon Lloyd Goffe has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey seeking an astounding $1 trillion!
Goffe wrote "A Tome of Poetry" which he claims has been substantially used/plagiarized in Winfrey's Internet-published work "Pieces of My Soul."
In a suit filed at the District of Columbia Court on July 31, Goffe declared that Winfrey admitted she used his original works in 2008.
Goffe's lawyers have estimated the damages -- a vast amount -- based on the fact that reportedly 650 million copies of "Pieces of My Soul" were sold online.
Goffe wrote "A Tome of Poetry" which he claims has been substantially used/plagiarized in Winfrey's Internet-published work "Pieces of My Soul."
In a suit filed at the District of Columbia Court on July 31, Goffe declared that Winfrey admitted she used his original works in 2008.
Goffe's lawyers have estimated the damages -- a vast amount -- based on the fact that reportedly 650 million copies of "Pieces of My Soul" were sold online.