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# Rip off merchant J K Rowling sued ...


Whole sale thief...
(Pablos got my crayons It was very much like the other cave only much sma, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:37, archived)
# she's been sued?
linky...?
(I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:39, archived)
# she be sueing
(b0rk3d Jokes are better than technique!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:39, archived)
#
commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/open_thread/2008/04/the_crying_game.html
(I helped save b3ta! kingsuperspecial is in an audience, wanking furiously, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:41, archived)
# "I don't want to cry because I'm British"
I'm sure it's more because you'd melt, you sour faced hag.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:50, archived)
# WTF!

"I really don't want to cry," she said, "because I'm British."

she realy does need to get a life - IT'S ONLY A STORY!
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:52, archived)
#
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7346093.stm
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:41, archived)
# well thats just gay of her
if she's not prepared to let her fans join in then she doesnt deserve to have any of her money, you write the book for other people, not for yourself
(I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:46, archived)
# Well it's not like it's the first time...
www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=harry+potter+unofficial+guide&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:49, archived)
# she seems to be of the opinion
that someone writing a literary reference guide is in fact stealing her work and that she (Rowling) alone of all the authors, has the monopoly for such reference to her own dubiously researched and badly attributed stories.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:45, archived)
# haha.
you have no idea how much I enjoyed that.
Find of the week.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:55, archived)
# I think that sig merits the final office lol of the working day.
:)
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:00, archived)
# Haha!
:)
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:56, archived)
# *bookmarks
didn't know about this site, looks like a british onion!
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:56, archived)
# I enjoyed this.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:01, archived)
# lemon wipes ftw!
OK that was the final office lol. Home tiem!
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:02, archived)
# what?
you can get banned for pleasuring yourself with a lemon wipe?
good thing i always travel by road...
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:03, archived)
# sound like it could sting a bit
and what if it gets lost in the old wizzards sleeve?
hmm
I feel a government directive coming on here
(Vinegar strokes Should know better on, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:14, archived)
# wizzard's sleeve? is rincewind involved?
if he is, there'll be no need for the lemon wipe!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:18, archived)
# I think he might be
intimating you have a minge like a clown's pocket. The cad!
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:22, archived)
# NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
my mimsy is NOT full of glitter and balloon animal balloons!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:25, archived)
# Well thanks for ruining my fantasy.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:26, archived)
# IIIIIIIIIII HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE CLOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWNNNNNNSSS!!!!
and........relax......
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:31, archived)
# really
who did she rip off?
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:39, archived)
# just about every
Greek mythological story perhaps? I wouldn't know.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:40, archived)
# Aw, come on
Every author since ancient Greece has ripped off one of those, whether consciously or not
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:42, archived)
# yeah
it makes me so angry i could kill my dad and shag my mum
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:44, archived)
# Not true
I wrote a bedtime story for adults and not one Greek hero is mentioned. And i got paid!
(I helped save b3ta! The Tig and me, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:45, archived)
# Bet
they never went and sued someone else for doing it.....
(Pablos got my crayons It was very much like the other cave only much sma, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:46, archived)
# In fact didn't one of the Ancient Greeks say that there were only 5 stories that could ever be told.
Or something like that.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:49, archived)
# yeah
happy
sad
a bit gay
well gay
weird
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:53, archived)
# drawing on their collected history
not ripping off.

your lordship.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:44, archived)
# I think
It could also be Star Wars
(Capitan Last night a BJ choked my wife, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:41, archived)
# :)
Dead authors who can't sue cos they are dead...
(Pablos got my crayons It was very much like the other cave only much sma, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:43, archived)
# ris?
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:39, archived)
# Cynic.
It's not about the money - she said so. It's about ... it's about ...

Hard work or summat.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:40, archived)
# But she needs the money to fund more plastic surgery
in order to turn herself into Paris Hilton.

Probably.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:50, archived)
# She stole my words
I use the words 'and' 'fist' and 'gel' and she stole them to put in her book
(I helped save b3ta! The Tig and me, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:43, archived)
# Is she using the gel?
Please tell me she's using the gel.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:56, archived)
# selfish minge winkle!
how much more money does she need?
SHARE THE WEALTH YOU HAG!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:55, archived)
# That's what you get for writing shit books.
Lots of money....

Life confounds me sometimes.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:59, archived)
# fuck
i'd better delete my manuscript and start writing shit, then!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:00, archived)
# How does one delete a manuscript?
Given that manuscripts have to be hand written.

As an aside, what is your book about?
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:02, archived)
# it's hand typed ;)
and it's a book on nutter spotting and identification. it's the only thing i've written in the last 5 years that i've actually wanted to carry on with.
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:06, archived)
# I know what you mean.
Writing humourist stuff is considerably easier than any other form of writing.

I had an epic classic kind of idea the yesterday, after finishing up reading Dumas, but it would end up being about 400 thousand words so fuck that - I'm just too lazy to follow through that kind of idea.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:10, archived)
# i alwaysa find it best
to write down the outline of a new plot, then leave it for a while. if it still seems like a good idea after a couple of months, it's worth doing.
i got bogged down doing poetry for a while, but it's so easy, it makes me feel slightly dirty.
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:15, archived)
# I find having plot outlines or decent plans seems to get in the way of my blind terrible writing.
I managed to do my first draft from start to finish in 2 weeks, without any idea of the plot or even purpose other than what would happen at the end of the very last chapter.

And that's why my second draft requires rewriting the entire thing, huzzah.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:17, archived)
# hahahaha!
i know EXACTLY what you mean! i've had ideas and dreams that would make fantastic finales, but no idea about the beginning or middle!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:20, archived)
# Mine wasn't even really a finale, it was just sort of a joke at the end.
The rest was a pointless amble around to lead up to that point.
I find that good novels need promises, problems and resolution - that is why I avoid all these things.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:25, archived)
# that's why i'm doing my spotter's guide
it doesn't need a plotline, it's the same basic premise repeated over about 20 chapters
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:38, archived)
# Good idea.
It's better to not bother with plots or attempt human emotions or resolution because invariably all modern literature do them shockingly. It's like someone injecting pathos straight into your eyes.

I only wrote my first draft six months ago and on looking back on it I realised that I had attempted to show the real complications of emotion and ambitions, but it way just embarrassingly awful. Like reading a 15 year old emo's poetry or something.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:43, archived)
# exactly!
some of the stuff i was writing would make you sick! i'll stick to "reference" books in future ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:51, archived)
# I tried a reference book once...well twice actually.
It was a history book...of the future...which I made up...and essentially just consisted of dates and descriptions of events.

The other one was a beginner's guide to philosophy, psychology and the science of existence; I gave up even sooner on this than the first one.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:56, archived)