Come on.
This rediculus! Of course he has trashed his standing, yes the fandom hates him, and yes he is a lier, a cheat and a loser! with a capital L. SVA should do some good honest work ofr like, i dont know, a few hundred years, and then maybe Je MIGHT talk to him again. Comeplete and utter jerk, loser, and every bad name in the book.and to go all Molly Weasly on you: Congratulations Melissa dear.
You deserve your standing with Jo. You rock and i would definitly read your book with YOUR thoughts.
Live, Love, Harry Potter, Jo, and Melissa!
Tim Wu’s own personal web page indicates he graduated from Harvard Law School. He even clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. He may or may not be a “practicing” attorney anymore (being a professor at a law school does not require this). Anyone wanting to write an e-mail to him can do so by using the e-mail found on his personal page…
http://www.timwu.org/about.html
The following article has a lot of entertaining information about Mr. Wu.
http://www.observer.com/node/36285
Among the interesting parts, Tim Wu wants to be one of those popular law professors who is interviewed by the media about all sorts of controversies. He believes he can influence the law, including copyright rules, by “popularizing” issues. That way people can see through all the technical, legal arguments and get to the “right” answer, which is of course his own answer. After reading his New Yorker article, you can definitely see how he wants the “Potter” case to be decided.
I am sure the New Yorker will have to issue a correction because of Mr. Wu’s bit of “confusion” between Melissa and Sue…
I am not in the least surprised by this bit of fluff; nor am I surprised by the comments by SVA that were quoted. The comments of SVA were taken at the time of the trial, before he had felt the overwhelming backlash of the fandom.
While I think the things that SVA has said are loathsome, I’d be interested to hear his comments post trial. I truly believe the guy has become unhinged. He was sitting in a courtroom testifying and seeking the eye of JKR? For a nod of approval? Delusional is the only word I can use. He seriously needs some mental health assistance.
I think he deluded himself to believing that he had become such a BDD in the fandom, that any action he took would be received at his word. I think he deluded himself into believing he was so important to JKR that she would hire him. I think he deluded himself into thinking that his David and Goliath story would win points in the media. One out of three is likely not a happy bedfellow. If I was mean and sarcastic (which I am) I might suggest a fund be set up to buy a lifetime supply of pacifiers for SVA.
As I have commented previously in other news posts, I fail at finding even a morsel of pity for SVA; he’s brought this on his own shoulders.
OH my freakin’ god. I’m so sorry Melissa, yet again we’ve received a grossly misinformed and immaturely written article. How dare Steve say those things, too…this is getting worse and worse. : ( Maybe if Steve actually contributed some of his intellect to his book, rather than taking 91 freaking % of Jo’s, he wouldn’t be in this effing situation! The jealous Lockhart-a-like! He makes me so MAD!
Oh, waaaaaah, Steve! Could you play “poor me” a little bit longer? Jo is okay with Melissa’s book because she’s apparently going to be doing some actual writing rather than copying and he has the cajones to make a comment about how he’s no longer in Jo’s good graces? Spare us the melodrama, Steve! I have actually never been to Steve’s site because when I heard it was basically a dictionary I figured that would be kind of boring. Now, I’m sure I haven’t missed a thing.
Jessie: Lockhart-a-like! Ha! That’s funny, as well as being accurate! :)
I think that most of these writers are too blind to realize that SVA wasn’t all that popular even BEFORE this controversy! The man was a pompous fool who thought he was a God of all things Harry Potter when he doesn’t know much more than the average Leaky viewer! Unlike the people who work to run real, interactive fansite sites, all this guy has done from the start was collect HP information from the books and outside contributors to bolster his own reputation!
And making jabs at Melissa only shows me that this man will say pretty much anything to get sympathy from members of the public who perhaps don’t understand the HP community as well.
That pathetic excuse for a fan is attacking Melissa now? How immature. “Rowling is God and Melissa is her prophet?” Honestly. It’s surprising that anyone can take his side.
”...Tim Wu wants to be one of those popular law professors who is interviewed by the media about all sorts of controversies. He believes he can influence the law, including copyright rules, by “popularizing” issues. That way people can see through all the technical, legal arguments and get to the “right” answer, which is of course his own answer.” Posted by arthurh on May 06, 2008 @ 09:24 PM
“If I was mean and sarcastic (which I am) I might suggest a fund be set up to buy a lifetime supply of pacifiers for SVA.” Posted by PB&J Rules on May 06, 2008 @ 09:31 PM
“I think that most of these writers are too blind to realize that SVA wasn’t all that popular even BEFORE this controversy!” Posted by Belle on May 06, 2008 @ 09:46 PM
I just had to reprint those three quotes as they are three of the funniest (and true) quotes I have read since this debate started. LOL clapping my hands. Classic, classic stuff.
Several Diverse Points:
First off, I would like to clarify that I am not, and never have been a fan of SVA or RDR books. If SVA actually made the comments as printed in this article, he lost the little bit of respect I had for him. Having said that, on to my points:
Tim Wu is not actually with the New Yorker magazine, as this posting seems to imply. Rather, he’s a copyright professor at Columbia Law School. The article he wrote was PUBLISHED in the New Yorker, certainly, but that doesn’t mean that he’s OF the New Yorker. If you’re going to rake others over the coals for not being accurate, perhaps you should be a bit more careful with your own words. If I hadn’t know already who Tim Wu was, I’d have thought by reading the beginning of this post that he was employed by the New Yorker.
No one but SVA and his former school actually know why he was asked to leave his position. Please don’t be so quick to assume that he fudged his credentials. It’s silly to jump to conclusions when you don’t know all the facts. It also might leave you open to a lawsuit for libel. (Not very likely, but possible.)
Finally, is there a way to read the comments here without having to scroll down past the main article for each page? If there is, I haven’t been able to find it, and I’m getting a bit tired of scrolling past the article on every page of comments.
Yeah they should write Tim Wu FOR the new yorker instead of “of.” yeah,t hat’s the same thing as misquoting someone in an inflammatory fashion. exact same thing. eyeroll.
Kristin,
Thanks for changing the wording at the beginning of the post. Hopefully, it will help avoid any confusion.
Well, since there are 13 pages to this I am certain no one will actually read all of what I am saying, but I would like to join in the venting of the frustration that is SVA.
@Belle agreed, before this suit I didn’t even know what SVA stood for or what it was, I thought the Lexicon was a website of fans collaborating on piecing together all of the information from the series. I thought that because it was so poorly organized and put togther, I am sorry I work with procedures for a living and organization is just a huge neurosis of mine. I thought some kids were putting it together, so I discerned what I could of some of the character build up for a day and I never returned to the site. I find the fans at Leaky to be far more helpful, but I am sure others utilized the website far more than I.
Additionally the professors at the univerisities, such as Stanford who is supporting SVA, and now Columbia are usually quite liberal, I am actually more liberal than conservative so hear me out, therefore their opinions on this piece are already biased and should be read as such. In general, the professors usually vouch for anything that will give more freedoms to literary writings and naturally than oppose anything that would constitute an impingement of said freedoms. Any professor who tells you different is a liar, statistical speaking that’s how they see it.
Furthermore, don’t rule out that their personal statements will obviously receive a lot of readings from fans, with which prior to their brief affiliation of HP we wouldn’t even know who they were. Don’t mention a thumbs up to another university such as Stanford could benefit their university or themselves.
And in regards to SVA I’ve really tried to be respectful, but I think it’s best if the lawsuit gets settled and SVA sees a mental health professional. He seems unbalanced and clutching to anyother world that doesn’t remind him of reality. And c’mon who here wasn’t captivated by the HP series. And JKR as God, perhaps, he needs to re-read the series and it’s religious affiliations. Does JKR have a lot of pull, yes, someone with billions of dollars and best selling novels generally do. But at least she has given us a positive role model, as have the trio of the film HP, I mean how often do we get that type? Poor JKR one mention of religion in your books and everyone writes that you think of yourself as a god.
Meanwhile….amidst this distraction we’re missing the point: TIME Magazine just published an article calling Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight,etc., the new J.K. Rowling!!! I’m not saying I don’t have an unhealthy addiction to Meyer’s books, but they are hardly literature, whereas Rowling has created required reading material. Are we gonna let them say that?