The Press: Playboy and Plagiarism

As one of the most successful magazines ever published, Playboy has inevitably inspired imitation. The newest entrant in the flesh-fun-fashion field, however, brings the flattery of emulation to the border of plagiarism. Gallery, which went on sale last week, carries a cover slug that is identical in arrangement and type face to Playboy's, and is perhaps meant to be mistaken for it on newsstands by the nearsighted.

Inside Gallery, the Playboy pattern continues with astonishing fidelity. There is the "Gallery Interview" (with Columnist Jack Anderson, who also happens to be Playboy's interview...