Oh please, Beck didnt steal anything from levin. He may have quoted from his book (dont know if he did or not)but that is not stealing...people do it all the time. Now a small, ego driven person who is jealous of another may say.. hold on there...you have to mention my name if you quote anything from may book....I want credit....put my name out there... I deserve it. Its pettiness squared.
Wrong.
If he used the material from his book and represented it as his own, then it is stealing.
Any high school English class (at least in the past) knows this.
It is a perfect example of theft of intellectual property:
From Wikipedia:
“Intellectual property rights are a bundle of exclusive rights over creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial. The former is covered by copyright laws, which protect creative works, such as books, movies, music, paintings, photographs, and software, and give the copyright holder exclusive right to control reproduction or adaptation of such works for a certain period of time.”