Russet Noon Official Cover Artwork by Stephanie Lostimolo
Numerous allegations of "theft" and "copyright infringement" have been made against author Lady Sybilla for using the talisman image "without permission" from its creator, artist Stephanie Lostimolo.
On May 11, 2009, Lady Sybilla responded to these accusations with the following statement: "I have every intention of giving credit to the copyright owner of the talisman. I made a reasonable attempt to track down the artist by writing an email to Michael Delahunt, the webmaster of link, but I never got a reply to my email. On his website, Delahunt refers to this image as a "talisman of unidentified origin and meaning," so obviously he doesn't know who the copyright owner is."
On June 1, 2009, a fandomwanker made the following claim on Journalfen.net: "Sybilla's still using an image cribbed from artist Stephanie Lostimolo, who created the talisman in 1999 for a Michael Whelan Fan Art Contest (for which she got an honorable mention - scroll down and look in the right column). You can't find the talisman image on the current incarnation of her site, but she has reused it since (worn by a character). Lady Sybilla is using this image as the new cover of Russet Noon on her website and in press releases, despite not knowing the image's origin (and therefore neither crediting Lostimolo, nor obtaining permission to use it)."
Upon learning about this post, Lady Sybilla immediately contacted Stephanie Lostimolo by email, requesting permission to use the image as the official cover art for Russet Noon.
On June 19, 2009, Ms. Lostimolo replied to Sybilla's request. Her email is as follows:
From: Stephanie Lostimolo
Subject: Re: Your talisman image
Date: 06/19/2009 12:21 PM
To: ladysybilla@russet-noon.com
Hi Sybilla,
All I require is a credit line in the book. "Cover Artwork by Stephanie Lostimolo. link"
That should be fine. Thank you for choosing my image for your book cover. :)
Stephanie
End of email
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Please support Stephanie Lostimolo's art by visiting her website as listed above.
Russet Noon is a tribute sequel to the last installment in the Twilight Saga book series by bestselling author Stephenie Meyer. Lady Sybilla has also written a letter to Stephenie Meyer's publisher Little, Brown, requesting permission to publish Russet Noon officially, but, so far, there has been no response.
According to laymen interpretations of copyright laws posted on various forums around the web, Lady Sybilla and her independent publishing company, AV Paranormal, should be sued for copyright infringement. However, no legal action has been taken against the novel as of yet. Furthermore, there has been no attempt whatsoever on the part of Stephenie Meyer or her publisher, Little, Brown, to stop the publication of Russet Noon.
As of today, all attempts to ban the publication of Russet Noon have failed. It appears that the much defamed fan-fiction piece is destined to go down in history as "the little novel that could."
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Russet Noon Novel Cover
Renessemee Carlie Cullen
What is Renesmee going to do when she realizes she's only a half vampire, and she can't fit in with neither the humans nor the vampires? How will she react when mom and dad don't want to make her a full vampire? What if the Volturi were to offer her what the Cullens are denying her?
What if Bella realized that living forever as a vampire is not everything she imagined? What if the love triangle between Jacob, Bella and Edward were to end the alliance between the werewolves and the vampires?
If you're one of the many fans who is still thirsty for more of the Twilight Saga, check out www.russet-moon.com for the unauthorized sequel to Breaking Dawn.
10 Harry Potter Things You Shouldn't Call Twilight Characters
1.) Edward is not a Hufflepuff.
2.) Alice is not a Ravenclaw.
3.) Jasper is not a Slyerthine.
4.) Jacob is not Gryffindor.
5.) You shouldn't refer to Carlisle as "the Twilight Dumbledore" because Carlisle is not gay.
6.) Bella is NOT Hermione just because she likes to read.
7.) Emmett is not Ron just because he's funny.
8.) Edward is NOT Harry.
9.) Nor is Jacob.
10.) The Volturi are not Death Eater... even though they are close.
(Yeah, this one came from being bored too. :D)
1.) Edward is not a Hufflepuff.
2.) Alice is not a Ravenclaw.
3.) Jasper is not a Slyerthine.
4.) Jacob is not Gryffindor.
5.) You shouldn't refer to Carlisle as "the Twilight Dumbledore" because Carlisle is not gay.
6.) Bella is NOT Hermione just because she likes to read.
7.) Emmett is not Ron just because he's funny.
8.) Edward is NOT Harry.
9.) Nor is Jacob.
10.) The Volturi are not Death Eater... even though they are close.
(Yeah, this one came from being bored too. :D)
