“Nothing of value is free. It is very easy, Mr. Chairman, to convince people that it is in their best interest to give away somebody else’s property for nothing, but even the most guileless among us know that this is a cave of illusion where commonsense is lured and then quietly strangled.”
– Jack Valenti, MPAA
“If you design your own machine, you can’t fuss at people, because you’re one of just a few. How many Linux users are there?”
– Jack Valenti, MPAA
- Ars Technica: MPAA’s University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation
- Matthew Garrett: MPAA don’t fuck with my shit.
- Matthew Garrett: More
- Wikipedia: MPAA’s Dan Glickman
- Wikipedia: Jack Valenti
- Wikiquote: MPAA’s Jack Valenti comedy goldmine
- ffii.org: Frits Bolkestein – digital copyright totalitarianism
- Wikipedia: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
- Geek t-shirts and stickers
Thanks to Gianni and Tig for help with script development.
165 replies on “GPL killed the MPAA star”
3 days left! I bet Leach will update this on December 5th just to piss off all of us who are waiting for the anniversary.
Published as and when
Published when you least expect it
Damn, its Dec 6 in the UK, and no update.
It’s now been one year. Please do the fork!
Hell, I missed it. I wasn’t near a computer this past December 6th. So, here it comes, with a delay…
Happy anniversary ELER!!!
Oh man, talk about comic being published weekly…
ESR = *E*ntertaining *S*word camp *R*ants !
Merry Christmas, ELER! Here’s hoping for a surprise update before the new year!
ELER NEVER DIES!!! IT CONTINUES TO CAPTURE OUR HEARTS FOR EVER!!!
VIVA ELER!!!
Nobody expects ELER — uhh — the Spanish Inquistion.
Fuck you John Leach! I am starting to think about possibilities of making a new site humoring you for such a long delay for any new content.
UPDATE THIS BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alright, for real this time. One year, and no update.
I’m going to make a spin off for real. It will be done in a few days, and finally, I will post the link here!!!!!!!!
To be honest, I think the strip died at a good time. I know it was never EXCLUSIVELY about E. “S”. R, but he was the main focus, and he’s now got nothing to do with free software, or even “open source”, and hasn’t in a good long while. What would be the point of a comic-strip devoted to a man who is now nought but an unpaid Rush Limbaugh-wannabe? (Imagine volunteering to be a Rush Limbaugh for free! I mean, Rush gets paid to be a cunt!)
R.I.P.
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