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Cleolinda Jones ([info]cleolinda) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2007-11-13 10:51:00


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Entry tags:entitlement, fandom: harry potter, internet lawyers, this is the wank that never ends

Autographed by who?
Previously: WB figures out how to hit print, a restraining order is granted, both RDR and SVA update, Whomping Willows weigh in, a Salon blogger doesn't get it, comments explode.

Today, from [info]auralan: You, too, can contribute to RDR's defense fund.

We will continue to update on our legal defense of author Steve Vander Ark. Because we have agreed to not take new orders until the court makes its decision at a February 8 hearing on the plaintiff's request for an injunction, you can still buy any of our other books. If you have already ordered the Lexicon and would like to have your prepayment refunded simply email us. Otherwise your payment will be held in an escrow account until the court decides if we can ship you the book. RDR Books welcomes your support for our significant legal expenses in this David and Goliath legal battle. You can help us defend the rights of authors like Steve Vander Ark and readers everywhere by buying our other titles on this site or at your favorite bookstore. We also welcome contributions to the RDR Books Lexicon Defense Fund. All contributors will receive a free autographed book from RDR, ideal for Christmas giving.

ETA 2: From [info]immlass, more from Salon: More on why Rowling is wrong on the Potter lexicon.

ETA 3: By legionseagle, via [info]blackflag: Top Ten Hints For Stopping An Awkward Situation Turning Into an Multi-Part Farce.

From [info]lerefuge: Harmony Forever weighs in. The Avada Kedavra satellite referenced: a classic Scott Lynch LJ entry. Note: Early on, when I was casting a wider net and posting a lot of different things because we didn't quite know in what direction things were going to go, I linked to some speculation here that the Lexicon had an anti-Ginny bias. I shouldn't have done that--it didn't have anything to do with the lawsuit. It was wanky and I'm sorry.

From [info]tunxeh: A new thread about the lawsuit on Boing Boing. It's based around the Salon link, by the way.

[info]tez shows up with the Seal of Extreme Fail! Huzzah!

ETA 4: From [info]lucky13: Ars Technica doesn't get it, either.

ETA 5: From [info]auralan: RDR was served, and apparently the recipient (Rapoport?) refused to give his name to the server.

ETA 6: [info]tunxeh: "And now it's on Slashdot. Linked only to the Ars Technica post, which calls the Lexicon a blog and seems to be based on the Salon story. Or maybe Ars Technica is based on Boing Boing's take on the Salon story, I can't tell any more."

ETA 7: From [info]auralan: RDR updates again. "The irony of an author suing a librarian has not been lost on many commentators including one attorney who told us: 'If the world's first libraries opened this year, I seriously wonder if there might be lawyers at the front door trying to stop reference books of all kinds from going up on the shelves.'"



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[info]tez
2007-11-14 07:15 am UTC (link)
I...I just..just...

In honor of the cumulative levels of loserifficness, I must bestow this Seal.

*STAMP*

My work here is done.

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[info]cleolinda
2007-11-14 07:33 am UTC (link)
Tez! You're back!

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[info]tez
2007-11-14 07:37 am UTC (link)
Only peripherally. I am caught in that limbo that is called 'three days to my sister's wedding'. But this? This warranted a leaving of limbo.

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[info]cleolinda
2007-11-14 07:48 am UTC (link)
Congratulations to your sister! And don't look back there at the other Lexicon entries. Not unless you pack a lunch first.

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[info]tez
2007-11-14 07:51 am UTC (link)
Oh, I've been scanning over them the whole time. I was just so totally overwhelmed by the utter batshit that it took until now for me to manage to coalesce it all into one neat, concise use of a stamp.

The level of insanity is truly mindboggling.

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-11-14 07:52 am UTC (link)
If ever that stamp was needed, darling, it was now.

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[info]tez
2007-11-14 07:53 am UTC (link)
If one were to look up 'extreme fail' in a dictionary there would be cross-references to every single one of these posts.

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-11-14 07:56 am UTC (link)
Totally. And my sympathy for the wedding. My sister is getting married in March, and I'm the Maid of Honour.

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[info]tez
2007-11-14 07:57 am UTC (link)
I shall spare the wank and Cleo's inbox my Rants on Wedding (tm). Suffice it to say I will be SO FUCKING GLAD when this is over.

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-11-14 08:01 am UTC (link)
At least you don't have to do the make-up for the women. That's my joy. Cause my sister and I don't trust make-up artists around here. Not the cheap ones, anyway.

But I know where you're coming from. It's the expense that gets me.

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[info]queencallipygos
2007-11-14 04:41 pm UTC (link)
This is why I'm glad I only had to endure The Brother's Wedding. His mindset was largely to tell his bride "frankly, just keep it to telling me where to show up and what to sign, and otherwise I trust your judgement".

Our parents did pitch in to help him help her family the week before the wedding, but there wasn't a hell of a lot for me to do, so I just went to the wedding site early and they basically left me alone to have a nice vacation for myself on their dime.

I'll shut up now.

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[info]xturtle
2007-11-14 10:20 pm UTC (link)
Yay! A Tez stamp! Best of luck with wedding stuff -- we look forward to your triumphant return.

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