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Daniel Clowes may take legal action over Shia LaBeouf plagiarism
Actor might have also plagiarised his apology.
Comic writer and artist Daniel Clowes is said to be considering legal options after it emerged that actor Shia LaBeouf had copied his work for a short film he had made.
LaBoeuf was contrite once it had been discovered that he had lifted whole sections of dialogue for his film 'HowardCantour.com' from Clowes' 2007 comic 'Justin M. Damiano'.
He took to Twitter to apologise, although adding an additionally ironic edge, it appears he may have even lifted some of the apology from an entry on Yahoo! Answers.
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Clowes' long-time editor Eric Reynolds told Buzzfeed: “His apology is a non-apology, absolving himself of the fact that he actively misled, at best, and lied, at worst, about the genesis of the film.
“No one ‘assumes’ authorship for no reason. He implied authorship in the film credits itself, and has gone even further in interviews.
“He clearly doesn’t get it, and that’s disturbing. I’m not sure if it’s more disturbing that he plagiarized, or that he could rationalize it enough to think it was OK and that he might actually get away with it.
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“Fame clearly breeds a false sense of security.”
A source close to the incident told The Wrap that LaBeouf intends to make a deal over the embarrassing exposé, which will include a proper credit on the film for Clowes, and possibly an additional monetary settlement, though LaBeouf's film was not intended to make money.
As of yesterday, LaBeouf's only remarks on the matter had come from his Twitter account.
In summing up this time yesterday, he had only added: “I f**ked up.”
