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Jason responded to my post about Cecelia Ahern ripping off “The Letter.” I’m not saying that I’m correct, but after an assload of Googling and reading about Ahern, I still have not found any credits to the Korean writer(s) and moviemakers who made the ORIGINAL “P.S. I Love You.” And, again, the Korean version is called “The Letter.”
This is the synopsis of the Korean version:
There’s a man and a woman. The man dies. The man left a bunch of letters for the woman. That’s the gist of the movie in three very short sentences.
Watch the American version and tell me that Ahern didn’t copy the Korean version. Just try. We’ll see if you can get it out before my foot finds its way into your pie hole.
November 28, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I agree. First of all she published this book when she was 21. I doubt that 21 year old have that much in depth creativity or experience to write a such a book like that. I doublt it. If there is, I like to find out what intrigued her write this book. As far as I read about her there is nothing to support it.
I wonder what is the definition of plagiarism on different medium.
The letter was movie and there is no book and only have movie script. Of course, there is no translation to English. Cecelia Ahern’s book is in English and movie “p.s. I love you” is based on her book. This is the issue of copyright law on two different entertainment medium.
December 17, 2007 at 6:10 pm
I have been following the comments in this blog and would like to comment on the topic. First of all, as a 46 year old woman college professor, I would like to tell Jinsung that you are wrong. They are plenty of 21 year old woman out there who are mature enough, experienced enough, talented enough to have writen this book and many far more serious that this one. book. Have you read the book? It is the story of a young person, quite silly at times and the tale of the love of a family and friends. IF it was plagiarized from The Letter, it is hard to say. She could have seen the film and be influenced by it. But the book’s basic plot is not an uncommon story of somebody who has lost a loved one who left her a message in one form or another. My grandfather did that with my grandmother! What makes the book more interesting is not the basic plot but the totally irish environment, the griefing, the importance of woman friendship and the family who are a bunch of characters! And that was not plagiarized from The Letter!