Both series,
the lawsuit claims,
“are about an elite band of warriors
that must protect the human world
from the unseen paranormal threat
that seeks to destroy humans
as they go about their daily lives.”
Which is basically the plot
of every paranormal series
that has ever been written.
In contrast,
Stephenie Meyer
never sued E.L. James,
even though everyone knew
Fifty Shades Of Grey
was Twilight Fan Fiction.
Why?
I suspect because Stephenie Meyer
realized that Twilight
borrowed from other books also.
We ALL borrow ideas from others.
Yes, word by word lifting of paragraphs
and plots and character descriptions
is bad
but ideas,
especially ideas that weren’t
completely original in the first place,
should be free.
Being stingy and lawsuit happy with them
merely makes you
look like a jacka$$.
Before you become upset
that someone has stolen your idea,
make damn certain
you didn’t (subconsciously) steal your idea
from someone else.