Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190127/11131841472/funniest-most-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml

We've got a double winner on the insightful side this week, with Mason Wheeler taking both of the top spots. In first place, it's a comment on the subject of fan fiction in response to Lucasfilm stepping in to defend a fan film from a copyright attack by Warner Chappel:

I'm reminded of the story Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. It's widely considered one of the greatest fan works ever created. It starts with the premise that instead of a loser like Vernon Dursley, Aunt Petunia had married a scientist instead, a good man who had raised the orphaned Harry with love and taught him about science. And then Harry gets the letter from Hogwarts, discovers magic is real, and starts using his scientific training to wreak havoc on the entire storyline.