Defendants in the copyright infringement case over Tracy Wolff’s “Crave” series—which did not plagiarize an unpublished YA manuscript, the court found—have requested that plaintiff Lynne Freeman cover their legal fees, totaling more than $3.4 million. According to a court filing, Entangled Publishing incurred fees of $2,688,481.34, Emily Sylvan Kim incurred fees of $437,934.93, and Tracy Wolff incurred fees of $281,018.92. The filing describes the lawsuit as “frivolous” and says that, had the case gone to trial, “Defendants are confident that the factfinder would have concluded that her factual allegations were as absurd as her claims of substantial similarity.” Copyright law […]
