12 novembro 2002

CULTURAS IN VITRO
Booker winner in war of words: Booker Prize-winner Yann Martel has found himself at the centre of a literary row after a Brazilian author accused him of borrowing heavily from one of his books for the award-winning Life Of Pi. [...]
"I saw a premise that I liked and I told my own story," Martel said, adding: "I don't feel I've done something dishonest."
But Martel also said it was an established tradition in the literary world for writers to draw inspiration from the works of others.
"Is an idea copyrightable? That's certainly not my feeling. What would be wrong is if I said it was my idea," Martel said.