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Her publisher says it's the word count that matters.
  • unfair use

    Crown's comments are predictable, but wrong. Of course, they'll deny that its plagiarism, because if it is, they are liable along with Coulter should any of the unattributed actual writers of the words Coulter stole decide to sue her. Someone with more experience than I with copyright law should correct me if I'm wrong, but the number of words only matters if its attributed to the author. At a certain length, even the attribution becomes problematic if permission to use the quote is not obtained.