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...Little, Brown and Company received a letter from Random House this morning, pointing out several passages in Kaavya Viswanathan's novel HOW OPAL MEHTA GOT KISSED, GOT WILD, and GOT A LIFE that they deem similar to passages in Megan McCafferty's novels SLOPPY FIRSTS and SECOND HELPINGS. We consider this a serious matter and we are investigating it immediately...
...these works, we are certain that some literal copying actually occurred here," Min Jung Lee, the assistant general counsel of Random House, wrote in an April 22 letter to Carol Ross, the general counsel of Little, Brown, which released Viswanathan’s debut novel “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life” this month...
...letter, Lee wrote that some illustrative examples of similar passages between “Opal Mehta” and the two McCafferty novels were enclosed, along with copies of the McCafferty books. The missive, which came on the letterhead of Random House and its parent company Bertelsmann, said that it was transmitted “by hand delivery...
Viswanathan worked with a book packaging company—17th Street Productions, which is owned by Alloy Entertainment—in the development of “Opal Mehta.” Alloy Entertainment and Viswanathan own the copyright to the novel, and Variety reported in February that Alloy Entertainment, along with Contrafilm, is slated to produce the film adaptation. The rights to the novel were purchased that month by DreamWorks...
...statement released through her publisher, Little, Brown and Company, Viswanathan apologized to McCafferty and said that future printings of her recently-released novel, "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life," will be revised "to eliminate any inappropriate similarities...