"It just breaks your heart, the integrity and gentleness of this man, the love he bears these wretched books, the way he was so wrongly disgraced."
LOL! Research fail!
Someone didn't even bother to read past the 300-word news articles on the subject.
He was not sued for creating an online encyclopedia. And in fact, he was not sued AT ALL even though he sure could have been. JKR sued his publisher, though she easily could have gone for him. And it didn't cost him a cent, because Stanford defended the publisher and he was-NOT-sued.
Why? Not because of the online encylopedia. That's the easiest thing in the world to find out. It was because he took that encyclopedia and turned it into a book - which WOULD have been fine had most of the text not been VERBATIM from the Harry Potter books without quotes, referencing, or even any indication that he did not write the descriptions that JKR put in the books. You yourself said a smaller version of the book saw light of day in 2009- you know why? Because DURING the trial, while saying over and over again that the book he had "written" was fine, legal, and there's nothing he did wrong, was secretly rewriting it along the legal guidelines he recognized were more proper. By the time the case concluded a new, magically copyright free, book had been produced, by people who clearly knew better.
As for gentle and whatnot... LOL. You clearly are very quick to believe news articles. Do a little research, it takes a small amount of googling, and discover all his snarky, bitchy, backstabby attitudes that have been well documented online and in fact discovered through this suit itself. A fine actor, perhaps. A poor woebetrodden fan, no. He's amazing at making himself seem exactly the way you so gullibly have decided he is. AMAZING.
Do a little due diligence before being so snarktastic. You don't like Harry Potter, fine - here's a marvel concept: don't discourage ANYONE from reading books that clearly DO have worth to people - tell them to read both! Tell them to decide for themselves which they like better! Why does it have to be "don't read this - read that"? Read Twilight, read HP, read Pullman - read it all! That's how you form a critical opinion, a valuable one - by NOT indicating that you should ignore certain texts.
On Harry Potter and the Incredibly Conservative Aristocratic Children's Club
"It just breaks your heart, the integrity and gentleness of this man, the love he bears these wretched books, the way he was so wrongly disgraced."
LOL! Research fail!
Someone didn't even bother to read past the 300-word news articles on the subject.
He was not sued for creating an online encyclopedia. And in fact, he was not sued AT ALL even though he sure could have been. JKR sued his publisher, though she easily could have gone for him. And it didn't cost him a cent, because Stanford defended the publisher and he was-NOT-sued.
Why? Not because of the online encylopedia. That's the easiest thing in the world to find out. It was because he took that encyclopedia and turned it into a book - which WOULD have been fine had most of the text not been VERBATIM from the Harry Potter books without quotes, referencing, or even any indication that he did not write the descriptions that JKR put in the books. You yourself said a smaller version of the book saw light of day in 2009- you know why? Because DURING the trial, while saying over and over again that the book he had "written" was fine, legal, and there's nothing he did wrong, was secretly rewriting it along the legal guidelines he recognized were more proper. By the time the case concluded a new, magically copyright free, book had been produced, by people who clearly knew better.
As for gentle and whatnot... LOL. You clearly are very quick to believe news articles. Do a little research, it takes a small amount of googling, and discover all his snarky, bitchy, backstabby attitudes that have been well documented online and in fact discovered through this suit itself. A fine actor, perhaps. A poor woebetrodden fan, no. He's amazing at making himself seem exactly the way you so gullibly have decided he is. AMAZING.
Do a little due diligence before being so snarktastic. You don't like Harry Potter, fine - here's a marvel concept: don't discourage ANYONE from reading books that clearly DO have worth to people - tell them to read both! Tell them to decide for themselves which they like better! Why does it have to be "don't read this - read that"? Read Twilight, read HP, read Pullman - read it all! That's how you form a critical opinion, a valuable one - by NOT indicating that you should ignore certain texts.