Fri
Dec 4 2009
11:25 am

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

rikki's picture

Actually, Comfort probably

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.

Sven's picture

Great story, Rikki.

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.

Rachel's picture

I love the "I would whoop

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

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