: The book has been seen
Well, this answers a few questions. Previously: ( WB figures out how to hit print )
New: A TLC update. "A new document authored by a recently retained lawyer for RDR claims that owing to RDR's lack of an intellectual property lawyer, status as a small publishing house (it claims sales of a little more than $100,000/year), and present plan to have legal briefs prepared by a cousin of the house's owner, a delay in responding to JKR/WB is necessary. The lawyer requested a seven-week delay, until the first week in January, which is after the current US publication date for the book. The letter notes, however, that during the delay RDR would voluntarily freeze their actions, amounting to the same results as a preliminary injunction on publication. According to the document, the application has been 'denied without prejudice to counsel for defendant and plaintiff appearing this afternoon[.]' " Update: A second update at TLC seems to indicate that it was approved, and TLC is going to try to figure out which one it is. "Also, the entire page containing previous statements by RDR regarding the Lexicon book has been deleted. The product has also been removed from pre-order on the site." Looks like a real lawyer really is on the case.
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auralan points out the full sentence: "Indeed, RDR's present plan is to have its briefs composed by the cousin of RDR's owner, a solo practitioner who is not himself an intellectual property lawyer, and a man who (though he has some general idea of what RDR does), will need some time to educate himself as to the facts and issues in this particular case."
ETA: The RDR page is back. The additions: ( Read more... )
ETA 2, and it's a big one from TLC, vialidane: NY Judge Issues Restraining Order to Prevent Publication of Lexicon; JK Rowling Updates. ( Denial of delay, restraining order granted )
ETA 3: Someone claiming to be an RDR employee has issues with WB's side of the story as well.
ETA 4: Elanor's telling me now (she says she's allowed to say this, but please regard these as unofficial, non-binding communications) that the British cover was "a rush job just to have something and was never intended to be used. The actual cover does not look like the adult HP books, and they've had quite a lot of grief getting it changed. The British publisher regrets sending that other cover and apologised for it." Furthermore, she asks people not to assume that SVA = RDR (and with good reason, quite frankly).
ETA 5: God help us all, there's a new RDR update. ( Attention! Attention! Please pay it to us! )
ETA 6: TLC update: WB statement. ( Read more... )
ETA 7: SVA posts again at the Lexicon. Also, I've gotten a clarification to the effect that there are two lawyers working for RDR now--the New York lawyer who wrote that last document and the cousin lawyer he mentioned, who is still writing the briefs. You know, as soon as he reads up on IP law.
ETA 8: The Whomping Willows weigh in. Alliteration is awesome!
ETA 9 frommistressrenet: Lexiwank hits Salon. "Moreover, Vander Ark and others who work on the HPL have spent much time compiling it. Why shouldn't they be entitled to profit from their labor?" And then, "It's whether she's on solid moral ground. And the answer, obviously, is no; indeed, considering how much her fans have done for her, her move is even more lamentable than Prince's recent promise to sue his supporters." Comments are just getting started--in fact, the second commenter links to praetorianguard.
Well, this answers a few questions. Previously: ( WB figures out how to hit print )
New: A TLC update. "A new document authored by a recently retained lawyer for RDR claims that owing to RDR's lack of an intellectual property lawyer, status as a small publishing house (it claims sales of a little more than $100,000/year), and present plan to have legal briefs prepared by a cousin of the house's owner, a delay in responding to JKR/WB is necessary. The lawyer requested a seven-week delay, until the first week in January, which is after the current US publication date for the book. The letter notes, however, that during the delay RDR would voluntarily freeze their actions, amounting to the same results as a preliminary injunction on publication. According to the document, the application has been 'denied without prejudice to counsel for defendant and plaintiff appearing this afternoon[.]' " Update: A second update at TLC seems to indicate that it was approved, and TLC is going to try to figure out which one it is. "Also, the entire page containing previous statements by RDR regarding the Lexicon book has been deleted. The product has also been removed from pre-order on the site." Looks like a real lawyer really is on the case.
auralan points out the full sentence: "Indeed, RDR's present plan is to have its briefs composed by the cousin of RDR's owner, a solo practitioner who is not himself an intellectual property lawyer, and a man who (though he has some general idea of what RDR does), will need some time to educate himself as to the facts and issues in this particular case."ETA: The RDR page is back. The additions: ( Read more... )
ETA 2, and it's a big one from TLC, via
lidane: NY Judge Issues Restraining Order to Prevent Publication of Lexicon; JK Rowling Updates. ( Denial of delay, restraining order granted )ETA 3: Someone claiming to be an RDR employee has issues with WB's side of the story as well.
ETA 4: Elanor's telling me now (she says she's allowed to say this, but please regard these as unofficial, non-binding communications) that the British cover was "a rush job just to have something and was never intended to be used. The actual cover does not look like the adult HP books, and they've had quite a lot of grief getting it changed. The British publisher regrets sending that other cover and apologised for it." Furthermore, she asks people not to assume that SVA = RDR (and with good reason, quite frankly).
ETA 5: God help us all, there's a new RDR update. ( Attention! Attention! Please pay it to us! )
ETA 6: TLC update: WB statement. ( Read more... )
ETA 7: SVA posts again at the Lexicon. Also, I've gotten a clarification to the effect that there are two lawyers working for RDR now--the New York lawyer who wrote that last document and the cousin lawyer he mentioned, who is still writing the briefs. You know, as soon as he reads up on IP law.
ETA 8: The Whomping Willows weigh in. Alliteration is awesome!
ETA 9 from
mistressrenet: Lexiwank hits Salon. "Moreover, Vander Ark and others who work on the HPL have spent much time compiling it. Why shouldn't they be entitled to profit from their labor?" And then, "It's whether she's on solid moral ground. And the answer, obviously, is no; indeed, considering how much her fans have done for her, her move is even more lamentable than Prince's recent promise to sue his supporters." Comments are just getting started--in fact, the second commenter links to praetorianguard.