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agilebritDude.
Okay, if I ever get this delusional or egotistical (crappy music ahoy) or wanky...
Y'all will smack me upside the head, right?
Honey, if you're going to self-publish and be proud of sticking it to the ev0l publishing magnate Man, own it. Don't redact the word "self" out in a newspaper article and then stick it up on your website.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and quote the legal schmeagle stuff on her site, because it's hilarious:
‡Any slanderous, defamatory material used to discredit or malign the author and her work will result in instant legal ramifications.
Our lawyers take any sort of libellous conduct very seriously.
I'm sure they do, dear.
‡‡Songs on the website: 'Sway,'©original-song covered by Dean Martin, 1954. 'Two Lost Souls,' ©performed by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, circa 1955.
'Side by Side,' © performed by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour,' 1954.
--Did you get actual permission to use them?
‡‡‡'The Crying Clown,' ©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2007. All rights reserved. No ideas, concepts, quotes, sentences, artwork, from this nonfiction work may be alluded to or reproduced in any form—no matter how small. Furthermore, claims of involvement with previous 'Crying Clown,' development, redaction, production, from any other parties must not be disclosed or alluded to in any way—written, verbalised, electronic, or otherwise—without prior permission from the author, publicist, agent, and publishers; otherwise serious legal action will result.
--So...no one can talk about your book but you? Gotcha. Heh, guess I'm in some sort of violation here... *trembles with fear*
‡‡‡‡'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' ©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2006. All rights reserved. No ideas, concepts, characters, plots, quotes, sentences, artwork, from these works may be alluded to or reproduced in any form—no matter how small. Furthermore, claims of involvement with previous 'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' development, redaction, production, from any other parties must not be disclosed or alluded to in any way—written, verbalised, electronic, or otherwise—without prior permission from the author, agent, publicist, and/or publishers; otherwise serious legal action will result. 'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination, or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental!
--Because the exclamation point just makes it that much more true! Good luck enforcing that--"fair use" even applies to you, dear.
‡‡‡‡‡All artwork, photos, literature, design, multimedia, audio, & concepts, contained in this website©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2006/2007. All rights reserved. No part of this website publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, photocopying, electronic saving, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author and/or agent/publicist!
--Good luck enforcing that too.
I mean...DUDE. I realize that most people can make the switch from fanfic to original work without going batshit insane, but someone please reassure me that people like Naomi Novik are the rule rather than the exception. Please?
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flamingchords, I'm sure that you, especially, will enjoy this, considering how much fun you had tweaking Chancery Stone.
Okay, if I ever get this delusional or egotistical (crappy music ahoy) or wanky...
Y'all will smack me upside the head, right?
Honey, if you're going to self-publish and be proud of sticking it to the ev0l publishing magnate Man, own it. Don't redact the word "self" out in a newspaper article and then stick it up on your website.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and quote the legal schmeagle stuff on her site, because it's hilarious:
‡Any slanderous, defamatory material used to discredit or malign the author and her work will result in instant legal ramifications.
Our lawyers take any sort of libellous conduct very seriously.
I'm sure they do, dear.
‡‡Songs on the website: 'Sway,'©original-song covered by Dean Martin, 1954. 'Two Lost Souls,' ©performed by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, circa 1955.
'Side by Side,' © performed by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour,' 1954.
--Did you get actual permission to use them?
‡‡‡'The Crying Clown,' ©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2007. All rights reserved. No ideas, concepts, quotes, sentences, artwork, from this nonfiction work may be alluded to or reproduced in any form—no matter how small. Furthermore, claims of involvement with previous 'Crying Clown,' development, redaction, production, from any other parties must not be disclosed or alluded to in any way—written, verbalised, electronic, or otherwise—without prior permission from the author, publicist, agent, and publishers; otherwise serious legal action will result.
--So...no one can talk about your book but you? Gotcha. Heh, guess I'm in some sort of violation here... *trembles with fear*
‡‡‡‡'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' ©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2006. All rights reserved. No ideas, concepts, characters, plots, quotes, sentences, artwork, from these works may be alluded to or reproduced in any form—no matter how small. Furthermore, claims of involvement with previous 'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' development, redaction, production, from any other parties must not be disclosed or alluded to in any way—written, verbalised, electronic, or otherwise—without prior permission from the author, agent, publicist, and/or publishers; otherwise serious legal action will result. 'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination, or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental!
--Because the exclamation point just makes it that much more true! Good luck enforcing that--"fair use" even applies to you, dear.
‡‡‡‡‡All artwork, photos, literature, design, multimedia, audio, & concepts, contained in this website©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2006/2007. All rights reserved. No part of this website publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, photocopying, electronic saving, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author and/or agent/publicist!
--Good luck enforcing that too.
I mean...DUDE. I realize that most people can make the switch from fanfic to original work without going batshit insane, but someone please reassure me that people like Naomi Novik are the rule rather than the exception. Please?
ETA:
flamingchords, I'm sure that you, especially, will enjoy this, considering how much fun you had tweaking Chancery Stone.
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Date: 2007-02-23 09:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-23 10:03 pm (UTC)And yes, this made me think of Chancery. Oh to be able to watch a cage match between the two!
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Date: 2007-02-24 02:08 am (UTC)Only, I'm getting the impression that this dude isn't this lady's lawyer, he's her AGENT. Considering the fact that she's self-published, this is doubly, nay, TRIPLY, hilarious.
Hell, he's probably her boyfriend.
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Date: 2007-02-23 11:06 pm (UTC)Jeepers. I waded as far into that mess as I could reasonably go - and counted the time as wasted. Some people are so sad - and before the rise of Internet and BBSs, no one ever heard of or from them. Now, perversely, they're so numerous that individual examples must be sought out - like this woman and her self-published, to-be-forever-unknown books.
If everyone simply ignored her - wouldn't she be disappointed!
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Date: 2007-02-24 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-25 07:58 am (UTC)How much of a book can be considered "fair use"?
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Date: 2007-02-25 06:35 pm (UTC)Also, for something to be "slanderous," it has to be untrue--and spoken. "Libel" is written. Therefore, I suppose that I can write anything I wish about her. And I'm not sure that "pointing and laughing" falls under the definition of "defaming" or not. I guess I'll find out if her IntraWeb Lawyer ever sees this.
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Date: 2007-02-26 08:20 am (UTC)