Friday 23rd January, 2009
Piracy
Stealing copyrighted material is wrong, but calling it “piracy” is just ridiculous.
Credit to Steve and Iain who co-wrote this strip with me.
Panel 1: A man stands watching a person using a computer. Man: "PIRACY!" Panel 2: A man stands watching a kid spray-painting graffiti on a wall. Man: "WALL RAPE!" Panel 3: A man stands watching a person walking on some grass. Man: "GRASS MURDER!" Tooltip: Masturbation = BABY GENOCIDE!
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January 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I _demand_ that we start calling any act of piracy “Yarrring”!
January 24th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Amazing. Sheercore is back! I have missed it so much!
January 24th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Actually not the case. Piracy’s first ever recorded usage was for the perceived abuse of the copying of printed/written works (this was centuries before ‘copyright’ was invented), not, as the common misconception is, sail boats, west country accents, rum and all that.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Hi Matt,
Interesting fact (I didn’t know that), but the comic is really about public perception and exaggerated criminalisation, rather than the actual roots of the word. I think the main point is still valid.