McFortner’s Comments

• Mar 29th, 2013 @ 2:23pm

  Response

  on Wal-Mart Wants Store Customers To Deliver Packages To Online Shoppers

  Dear WalMart, would you like fries with that?

• Feb 5th, 2013 @ 9:53am

  Human DNA

  on DailyDirt: Storing Data On DNA

  Scientists decoded human DNA and found a message: "We apologize for the inconvenience."

• Feb 5th, 2013 @ 9:49am

  Voicemail

  on Japanese Government To Start Seeding P2P Networks With Faux Files Containing Copyright Warnings

  Um, Madonna called and said that she tried it and it didn't work.

• Jan 4th, 2013 @ 1:06pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Prenda Law Accused Of Fraud On The Court In Defending Itself Against Claims Of Fraud On The Court

  One more time and they'll be eligible to run for Congress.

• Oct 1st, 2012 @ 3:56pm

  Ya think?

  on Crime Inc. Inc., The Business Of Hyping The Piracy Threat

  Did you really expect a gatekeeper to put forth any view other than what they did? They are in the business to make money by keeping a stranglehold on content. You can't expect them to show a report on how wrong they are.

• Sep 21st, 2012 @ 4:03pm

  Filming

  on Nestle: Buy Our Candy So We Can Hunt You Down

  ($10 says there's a porno parody of those candy names out there somewhere.)

  
  
  If there isn't, there will be by the end of the weekend.

• Sep 21st, 2012 @ 3:59pm

  Bookstores

  on Canadian University, Publisher Promise To Fix Problems With Art History Book That Has No Photos

  If I remember how bookstores worked when I was in college in the 90s, they will get back about $1.25 if the book is still in good condition.

• Jul 17th, 2012 @ 3:36am

  (untitled comment)

  on UK Court Says You Can't Be Defamed If The Article You're Complaining About Doesn't Even Mention You

  And the sad part is we keep voting idiots like this into office.

• Jul 12th, 2012 @ 10:37am

  The Revolution Will Be Televised

  on Kim Jong Un's Mysterious Female Companion Hides The Real Issue: Piracy Of Disney Characters!

  Comrade Mouse and Comrade Goofy approve.

• Jul 11th, 2012 @ 10:58am

  The Future

  on ACTA Failure Inspires The Most Clueless Column Ever

  I, for one, would like to welcome our new Pirate Overlords.

• May 1st, 2012 @ 6:12pm

  cyber bills

  on Fearmongering Around 'Cyber' Threats Puts Internet Openness At Risk

  Come, come now. It's a long-held tradition that Congress does not need to know anything about the subject of any bill they pass. How dare you deny your Representatives and Senators their benefits!

• Mar 26th, 2012 @ 1:35pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Righthaven Completely Stops Showing Up In Court, Loses Key Case, Key Appeals And 'Big Name' Lawyer Who It Still Owes Money To

  I believe that Cendali's exact quote was "Righthaven? Righthaven who? I don't know any Righthaven."

• Mar 26th, 2012 @ 1:34pm

  (untitled comment)

  on How Monopolies Strangle Innovation: Record Label Demands Making Investors Nervous About Spotify

  Well, they have to recoup the funds they spend on payola to make sure those top artists are top artists somehow.

• Sep 16th, 2011 @ 9:52pm

  Dear Mr. Ellison

  on Harlan Ellison Sues Again; Because No One Could Have Possibly Came Up With The Same SciFi Ideas As He Did

  Mr. Ellison, here is a freebie for you:
  
  You, sir, are a dick.

• Aug 25th, 2011 @ 1:30pm

  Payout

  on EMI Doesn't Pay Royalties, Or It Does, But To The Wrong People, Or It Doesn't, Or Maybe It Does...

  Of course EMI pays out royalties. It's to themselves, but still they are paying out!

• Jul 22nd, 2011 @ 9:46pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Is There A Difference Between Inspiration And Copying?

  Imagine this:
  
  Time: 2020
  Place: Anywhere on Earth
  Subjects: An average citizen, his family, and a police officer
  
  It's just another average day. People are out with their families on vacation. As one citizen prepares to take a few shots for the family homepage, a police officer approaches, his hand on his sidearm.
  
  "Move your hands away from the camera!" The officer calls out. "Let me see your permit!"