Comments | soleta_nf: HP drama: Why would Steve Vander Ark screw himself over?

soleta_nf

HP drama: Why would Steve Vander Ark screw himself over?

Nov 04, 2007 13:38

Re: the popular Harry Potter lexicon web site getting sued to hell and back by JKR and her lawyers for publishing the website in book form (all the info you could want hereI saw Steve Vander Ark speak at a Harry Potter conference in Ottawa in 2004. He said then that his real reason for starting the lexicon was that he knew JKR would be publishing ( Read more... )

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neonrose5 November 4 2007, 18:12:27 UTC

Nano Count?

soleta_nf November 4 2007, 18:18:30 UTC

National Novel Writing Month - how many words I've written so far. Almost 8k out of 50k. :)

neonrose5 November 4 2007, 18:29:13 UTC

cool :)

cleolinda November 4 2007, 19:08:59 UTC

Can I add this as an ETA to the second FW entry?

soleta_nf November 4 2007, 19:19:21 UTC

Absolutely! The conference I was at was Convention Alley in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in July 2004.

cleolinda November 4 2007, 19:39:58 UTC

Oh my sweet God. I've added this to the entry as well now, but someone's also saying, "By the time Prophecy rolled around, he was telling his audience (at the con) that Jo didn't know her world as well as the fans did and that they owned it now, not her. Oh, and the epilogue sucked, he said." I mean, you've just provided a distinct statement of motive, and vorpal_blade has provided a statement of--of--I don't even know what. Complete disdain for copyright? How do you even get up in front of a crowd and say that out loud? OH MY GOD.

chrryblssmninja November 4 2007, 20:20:08 UTC

good luck with your NaNo work!

jiangyin November 5 2007, 00:57:38 UTC

I used to visit the HP Lexicon all the time for reference when I was working on my HP fics. But now, reading about this...that site will no longer get any hits from me. Doesn't he know that presumption will get you absolutely nowhere? Idiot.

- Ez

bewarethespork November 5 2007, 06:20:40 UTC

You know, I was linked to this post from...more than one place, one of which wa that big FW entry. I have to say, Steve and his publishers are digging that hole mighty fast, aren't they?

Also, good luck with NaNo!

soleta_nf November 5 2007, 13:50:07 UTC

They really are! Glad to know people are seeing this info.

Thank you! I hit 10k last night!

bewarethespork November 5 2007, 22:59:09 UTC

I thought the wank might die down very slightly once DH was released, but it's good to see that the HP fandom just keeps on going! It makes me feel slightly happier about the general state of humanity. ^.^

Nice work! You know, seeing you and a few of my other flisters talking about NaNo, I might have to try it next year...

soleta_nf November 6 2007, 00:47:49 UTC

Yes, you can always count of HP fandom to be wanky! ;)

Thank you! Yes, you really have to try it. I plan to try my hand at a fiction story one of these years. THAT will be interesting.

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