Slog - Comments on You've Ruined it For Everybody Else http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else Because a partial early draft of her next book Midnight Sun leaked on the internet, Stephenie Meyer is pulling Midnight Sun from publication indefinitely. "I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being." Imagine if bands did this every time their albums leaked on the internet.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:07:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Good thing.

I wasn't going to read it anyway.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119202 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:03:30 -0800 Comment by Gloria Violation of her rights as a human being? Somebody alert the UN!

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119210 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:06:50 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery Only quality songs would be released?

]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119214 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:09:12 -0800 Comment by Sam M. If I'm remembering correctly, Lupe Fiasco delayed Food & Liquor for fucking ever after its unfinished advance leaked for similar reasons.

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119227 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119227 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:17:05 -0800 Comment by geez it's one thing to be annoyed. it's another thing altogether to take your ball and go home.

you know damn well that every 13 year old who reads the leaked version will still be at the midnight release party shelling out for the hardcover edition. she should be grateful for the attention.

]]> geez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119241 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:26:19 -0800 Comment by Oh my! To be fair this is more akin to uncompleted practice tapes of a band leaking than an album, but really, chill.

]]> Oh my! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119246 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:27:10 -0800 Comment by Greg Can we just start shooting people who leak books onto the internet? Is that cool?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119248 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:27:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @7 - I hear King James stole the text for his King James Bible from someone ...

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Thanks for ongoing coverage with just the right amount of serious/snark, Paul. Much appreciated.

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119268 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:39:50 -0800 Comment by Super Jesse If she doesn't want people to read the unfinished version I really doubt that ensuring that it's the only version available is somehow going to accomplish that.

What the hell does she mean her rights as a human being? I'm no expert, but I'm pretty darn sure that copy and patent rights are not considered actual human rights, legal frameworks for settling disputes sure, but not really essential to survival.

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]]> E http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119284 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:52:19 -0800 Comment by Greg @8: Yeah, Wycliffe and Tyndale translated the Bible into English first, but your comparison is entirely fatuous. Oh hell, why am I bothering. FOAD.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119287 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:53:57 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Seems a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face... after all, she's only hurting her own bottom line. Those who leak or read leaked material won't be effected at all. They just move on.

And right now I'm just thanking my lucky stars J K Rowling didn't withhold The Deathly Hollows because it leaked... which seems very business savvy, since such a move would have resulted in a lot more people reading the leaked version then actually paying for it.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119291 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:57:19 -0800 Comment by PopTart Yeah, well Stephanie Meyer violated the rights of vampires everywhere with her slander disguised as "fiction."

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119307 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:08:06 -0800 Comment by Original Monique People are reading less and less these days. Yet, occasionally a series of books come out that people (for whatever reason) want to read.

And then the author gets all high and mighty about artistic whoseywhatsit and pulls the book from being published. You'd think she'd cling to her audience while she has it. Goddamn, what a moron.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119387 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/youve_ruined_it_for_everybody_else#c1119387 Books Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:58:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @12 - it's GFOAD and you know it.

That said, one of my high school classmates is trying to write a book right now and every day or so she says something like "only wrote three paragraphs, what a wasted day".

Writer's block sucks, but coming up with a lame argument for not publishing your work is ... lame.

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