Wait, guys! Everything's okay! There's a new press release that 'splains it all.

Looks like the new controversial novel, Russet Noon, has just as many haters as it does fans. The novel hasn't even hit bookstores yet and it's already the talk of the town, ahem, web. Read on to find out factual information about copyrights.

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When asked how she feels about the onslaught of insults and accusations that some webmasters have posted against her, Lady Sybilla replies that, "bad publicity is better than no publicity." She also adds that "controversy is the mother of popularity."

As for her publisher, AV Paranormal, their official statement in regards to accusations of copyright infringement is as follows:

"When fictional characters become such an intricate part of the popular psyche, as is the case with the Twilight Saga, legal boundaries become blurred, and copyright laws become increasingly difficult to define. This is especially the case when actual cities like Forks and Volterra are used as the novel's settings. Such settings are not copyrightable, as they are considered public domain. Similarly, the Quileute Nation is also not copyrightable, and neither are vampire or werewolf legends. Copyright laws protect writers from unauthorized reproductions of their work, but such reproductions only include verbatim copying. Characters are only copyrightable if their creator draws them or hires an artist to draw them. Stephenie Meyer herself borrowed a great deal from previous works dealing with these mythologies."