Comments on: Furious Author Cancels Pirated Book

By: Trickz

Trickz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:14:19 +0000

really??? you all sound like unintelligent petulant children….It doesnt matter how much money she has. and her financial status really has nothing to do with anyone..I can promise you every penny was hard earned….try looking at it from someone elses perspective for a change…If someone had leaked any of your work …rendering it useless for sale….I would be curious to see how pissed off you would be then? Artists should make money….everyone needs money…what planet do you live on? or are you under the impression that art is edible too ?

By: Denise Gibbs

Denise Gibbs — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:45:03 +0000

I love the actual pic… omg.

By: Kalika

Kalika — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:04:17 +0000

You know what? I will admit that I downloaded all of her books illegally. After reading them I went out and bought all 4 in hardcover because I loved them so much. Take from that what you will.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:29:17 +0000

I can understand that Stephanie may feel upset, however, people who would be downloading the first 12 chapters of her book, are big fans. Anyone who would want to stare at a computer for hours at a time reading part of a new release truly appreciates Meyer’s work. While I can understand she is upset, I would expect that she would get over her rage and continue her book. I enjoyed the first 4 books so much, that I actually considered writing another one myself. I am addicted to it. I have become endeared to the characters, and Stephanie’s writing style. When I heard about the book, I thought it was the whole thing that had leaked. Of course I wanted to download it. I am addicted!
I know that I am just babbling, but I am sincerely hoping that she will not continue to deprive her fans of getting their joneses fed.
Besides, It is true that she would simply be shooting herself in the foot.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:07:59 +0000

I gotta ask: what’s up with all the “vampire” stuff, anyway? I used to read a lot of Anne Rice (and Steven King’s book “Salem’s Lot” was awesome back in the day). I bought my copies for 10 cents a piece (thus “hiding behind” the first-sale doctrine to “deprive hard-working artists of a sale at full price!”) — HI SAM!!!!! :)

But really: once you’ve read a few “vampire” novels, they all start to seem really similar. I wonder why THAT could be? Couldn’t be that vampire novels (like Zombie movies and huge amounts of other artistic creation) is, to a large extent, “derivative?”

We need some SERIOUS copyright reform nowadays — it’s the only way the lawyers/industry bigshots will be able to save ANY kind of “copyright” at all.

They either reform it seriously, or the — rightful — disdain for it continues. It’s a fact.

Personally, I’d think she might have gained some new fans from this (who would probably have bought the finished book), but maybe not.

OH yeah, and remember everybody: p2p == rape!

By: Ouch

Ouch — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:43:15 +0000

I was planning on reading it when it came out, but now that it’s possibly cancelled, I’m more likely to download the draft that’s available.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:40:48 +0000

Free filesharing will cause only the best to survive. Writing about vampires is such a waste of time and resources. I am glad that the book was cancelled and many trees were saved.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:10:10 +0000

artimis pheonixflame:

We know were “AT WAR HERE, PEOPLE!” Our illustrious leader George “Shrubya” Bush made sure of that. What I don’t get is how you can think that fact means that discussion on any other topic should cease. Lemme guess, if everybody isn’t neurotically-obsessed with the continuous no-exit-strategy-whatsoever war-of-the-moment, “Then The terrorists win”.

I can see it now: “Classified ads about free kittens? But, WE’RE AT WAR, PEOPLE!”

Sad, sad, sad.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:56:54 +0000

Sam:

Uhh, Filesharing == Rape?
I knew you were borderline illiterate, but I didn’t realize you were also psychotic as well.

You didn’t reply to any of my points over on p2pnet, but at least over there you managed to string a few sentences into a halfway coherent recycling of the RIAA “Party line”. Here, you didn’t even manage that. You compare p2p to rape, on the assumption that every form of “lawbreaking” is equivalent, when it’s clearly not.

Copyright law is already riddled with exceptions (The “fair use” upon which you so blithely depend for your “Handle”, among others.)

To put it bluntly, copyright was only intended for a REALLY SHORT TIME — 11 years in the United States. The publishers and record companies managed to bloat that into more than 100 years. Nowadays, people are recognizing THAT for the bullshit that it was and is, and — right or wrong — vast numbers of them can no longer take copyright seriously to any extent.

Y’know what? It’s genuinely hard to blame them, especially when intellectual giants like yourself trot out comparisons to rape.

You don’t post to places like this to “debate” — you just chatter off the same specious, poorly-reasoned drivel over and over and over, and expect to be taken seriously as a result.

So go away now, and get back to creating the stuff that got you that great big award for that “big museum”.

By: Permial

Permial — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:22:32 +0000

It’s sad to say, but she’s probably a Christian who believes that it’s a good thing to share if she wants to.