U.T. professor at center of plagiarism controversy
Submitted by R. Neal on Fri, 2009/12/04 - 11:25am

Rikki Hall in this week's Metro Pulse:

"I am party to a scam," Guffey says. "The introduction begins with a nice, sweet little biography, then degenerates into intellectually lame, lazy distortions, selective reading of the literature, picking and choosing of facts, and misreadings of the historical record." He says Comfort "gently moves folks into the notion that they don’t want to read what comes after the introduction. He just wants his 50 pages read, 47 of which are anti-intellectual, dishonest drivel, the first three of which are pretty good because I wrote them."

See also: Silence of the Lambs

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Comfort didn't break the

Submitted by metulj on Fri, 2009/12/04 - 11:35am.

Comfort didn't break the law, but he has the ethical fiber of a tennis ball.

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Actually, Comfort probably

Submitted by rikki on Fri, 2009/12/04 - 2:09pm.

Actually, Comfort probably did break the law. Copyright has been automatic in the U.S. since 1988 when we joined the Bern Convention. The first attorney I consulted said otherwise, but the professor who teaches intellectual property law at UT disagreed. There is probably grounds for a copyright infringement suit. Whether it's worth filing is another matter.

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Ah, the plot thickens. I

Submitted by metulj on Fri, 2009/12/04 - 2:11pm.

Ah, the plot thickens. I wonder if Stan's status as a UT employee gets him General Counsel support for actions taken in the course of his duties. Darwin Day would be a "service" duty.

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Great story, Rikki.

Submitted by Sven on Fri, 2009/12/04 - 2:44pm.

Great story, Rikki. Creationists really don't seem to get the concept of copyright. Among many examples, they shamelessly stole a bunch of animated footage from Harvard (and then stupidly implicated themselves).

Conversely, they like to file phony (and illegal) claims to shut down criticism.

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I love the "I would whoop

Submitted by Rachel on Fri, 2009/12/04 - 4:39pm.

I love the "I would whoop his ass" comment.

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