Over at Slice of Laodicea Ingrid Schlueter brings to our attention:

It really did seem too good to be true when I saw the video about Oprah Winfrey and her New Spirituality teachings on YouTube and all the hits it received. Now Deborah Dombrowski at Lighthouse Trails has posted on Carrington Steele’s ripping off of a number of sources and passing it off as her own work.

In a phone conversation with Deborah, Steele reportedly claimed she thought she could do it because of the Fair Use law. If this woman seriously thinks that the Fair Use law allows her to steal the words of others and claim them as her own, she’s not ready for prime time…