As you can see from speakr2customrs above, there are grey edges around the plagiarism issue on the order of "How much makes it plagiarism" and "What makes it plagiarism"? Then there's the issue of context. In one context it might not be, but in another context it may be.
Then there's Cassie Claire where it's a clear-cut case. And we're to the point where people are wondering if anything she wrote was original at all. Having never read the Draco Trilogy, I can't say how much is hers and how much isn't. What is clear is that there's an awful lot in there that very much isn't hers.
*shrug*
The bigger issue, I think, is honesty. Cassie Claire has not (to my knowledge) ever been honest about what she did. Most people who quote from other sources or get their ideas from other sources at the very least give credit somewhere.
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Then there's Cassie Claire where it's a clear-cut case. And we're to the point where people are wondering if anything she wrote was original at all. Having never read the Draco Trilogy, I can't say how much is hers and how much isn't. What is clear is that there's an awful lot in there that very much isn't hers.
*shrug*
The bigger issue, I think, is honesty. Cassie Claire has not (to my knowledge) ever been honest about what she did. Most people who quote from other sources or get their ideas from other sources at the very least give credit somewhere.