Thoughts from a Different Perspective

[dumbledore11214]

> (Alla):
> | Well, you see I have some disagreements with what you wrote 
here :-)
> | 
> | I saw no indications anywhere that RDR trapped Steve. Didn't he 
> | approach them?
> 
> [Lee]:
> Nope, they approached him and he wasn't sure if the Lexicon would 
infringe,
> they said it was Fair Use and so it goes.


Alla:

I meant that Steve was looking for publisher with the ready 
manuscript. Are you saying he was not planning on publishing a book 
at all and RDR approached him and convinced him to do so? This is so 
contrary to everything that I read that I would like to ask you to 
link to this information please?


> [Alla]:
> | I am not saying that he should know all copyright law, I am 
saying 
> | that his gut instinct should have told him that book that 
contains 
> | that much facts may erm not be suitable for publication.
> 
> [Lee]:
> Like I said, it did.
> 
> Well, we can agree to disagree.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Lee :-)
>


Alla:

Actually, you are right, his instinct may have told him that and 
there was that e-mail from fan asking whether they could publish 
encyclopedia mentioned several times and I do not know if it was 
introduced at trial, but it was mentioned. Have I also read it on 
Leaky? I may have been.

And Steve's answer was to the effect that it was illegal, wasn't it?

And he decides to go and look for publisher of his own anyways.

But yes we do disagree.


And let me say it again, because I am really not sure as response to 
what all claims of demonising Steve come. I mean I saw quite a few of 
those on Leaky ( demonising Steve) together with nice, educated, 
interesting discussion, just as I saw mail demonising JKR there. But 
here, I am not sure who demonised Steve at all.

As I said I strongly dislike his action, I have no clue what kind of 
person he is and can make no judgments and by the way same holds for 
JKR of course.

I LIKE how she comes out in her public appearances, I like what she 
says, well for the most part, I like how much she gives to charities 
(yes, yes, I know she is rich, very very rich, still I think she 
gives a lot and I like it) and I actually especially admire how much 
she tries to hide her kids from spotlight, but this is all public 
life of the celebrity, so she can be a terrible person in her private 
life for all I know and for all I care.

I just formed an opinion that she is in the right here and Steve is 
in the wrong, that is all there is to it,

And I also refuse to think that Steve is so stupid that he did not 
know what he was doing.

Now again if you (generic you) think that he is doing right thing, 
well, I cannot argue with it, but if he thinks he did wrong, his 
interviews, his behavior at trial just did not tell me that.

Different people differ of course.