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Rolling Out The Astroturf

Help Desk, by Christopher B. Wright

Comic Transcript

JIM WASHINGTON: Amid charges that Ubersoft used "undue influence' to introduce "voting irregularities" into the process to recognize the Ubersoft Marketing Language as an ISO standard, Ubersoft is firing back at people covering this process, accusing them of being little more than "attack dogs" for Ubersoft's competitors and for distorting the truth in order to "fit their agenda of destroying an honest company."

JIM WASHINGTON: With me in the studio is Viktor Schreck, Ubersoft's Chief Counsel, to state their position more fully.

VIKTOR SCHRECK: Thank you Jim.

VIKTOR SCHRECK: Unfortunately, the truth of what really happened during the voting process has been distorted by people who hate Ubersoft so much that they are willing to distort and misrepresent the truth. Sites like Gorklaw, which has a long, storied history of not allowing Ubersoft employees to formally respond to their accusations on their own site.

JIM WASHINGTON: Groklaw claims that you never tried to formally respond on their site, but that you tried to create an account that gave the impression you were an "average internet user" with no direct connection to Ubersoft in any way.

VIKTOR SCHRECK: Completely untrue.

JIM WASHINGTON: They claim your account ID was "IAMNOTUBERSOFT."

VIKTOR SCHRECK: I was merely waxing philosophic.

JIM WASHINGTON: They claim your account signature was "I am an average Internet user with no direct connection to Ubersoft in any way."

VIKTOR SCHRECK: Next question.

TICKERTAPE: Company sues another company over patent infringement :: "Our intellectual property was violated!" company explains :: Other company settles out of court for unreasonably large sum to avoid litigation :: "That's all we were trying to do," SCO says. "Was that so wrong?" :: "Yes," Judge replies.

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Comments

Wow,

I expected something a little bit smarter from Victor. I mean, he is very good(or evil) at completely messing up the head of a judge with his legal babble. Now, he is making a move that only a person like Scott would do, if he was being forced by the Boss. Are his talents leaving him?

Well...

... a courtroom and an internet forum are two very different environments... and ultimately the competence of every character will always wind up being at the mercy of the punchline. :D

IAMNOTUBERSOFT?!?!?!?!?!?! Ev

IAMNOTUBERSOFT?!?!?!?!?!?!

Even I'm smarter than that!

That signature was perfectly

That signature was perfectly true.

You see, the account was not created by Victor Shrek, Chief Counsel to Ubersoft. It was created by Victor Shrek, who was sued by Ubersoft for violating their intellectual property.

SCO: Is not. Judge: Is

SCO: Is not.
Judge: Is too.
SCO: Is not.
Judge: Is too.

Groklaw mentions Ubersoft

Groklaw mentions Ubersoft for the second time :)

Naughty, naughty Ubersoft :D

But that's what you expect from Ubersoft... :D

That's pretty cool...

... considering I stole the idea from their comments area. :)

That's OK, Chris...

You have been honest about your theft and it will not count against you as long as you promise never to steal that particular idea again.

"Go Thou and cartoon some more..."

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Anonymous, it's spelt

Anonymous, it's spelt "Schreck", as opposed to like the ogre. I assume he would not like the idea of being named the same as a lawyer... even ogres have standards.

Since Victor is playing the

Since Victor is playing the part of Robert Mugabe, we shouldn't expect much sophistication out of him. Then comes, "Now that the count is still incomplete, we want a recount". And, of course, "My goons are bigger than your goons".

Nice job, Chris.