Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

Comics about MP3s and downloading music

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Popularity rank 6 #93. Preventing future piracy

January 31, 2006

DRM 9000: "Do You Want To" by Franz Ferdinand. You've played it 8 times. You were authorized for 7.5 times. You exceeded your digital rights. $50 fine.

GREG: That's ludicrous.
DRM 9000: Since you cannot prove your innocence, you reveal your guilt. Sony will now prevent future privacy crimes you will probably commit.

GREG: Wait, what?
DRM 9000: Based on your current tastes, I'll determine which Sony BMG CDs you will likely steal and charge your credit card for them.

GREG: Aqualung, "Strange and Beautiful"... Teddy Geiger, "Underage Thinking"...
DRM 9000: You can't just--... you... wait, no, is that the "Love Monkey" kid? NO!

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Popularity rank 7 #92. Sony CD search

January 30, 2006

DRM 9000: MP3 SCAN: COMPLETED! I now need to search your CDs. Where are they?
GREG: All over, really. My bedroom, my desk, my car.

DRM 9000: SONYBOTS: DISPERSE! You should really consider one of those CD towers.
GREG: I thought about it, but you get more CDs, you have to buy another.

DRM 9000: PIRACY EVIDENCE: FOUND! They have expandable ones.
GREG: Yeah... where would I even fit one though?

DRM 9000: BOOKCASE: ON TOP-- ! (ahem) I think it could work on top of the bookcase.
GREG: HeyheyHEY!! Tell the little robots to leave my parakeet alone!

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Popularity rank 8 #91. Sony interrogation

January 27, 2006

DRM 9000: The rootkit-free Sony BMG interrogation process will now commence.
GREG: What?

DRM 9000: Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of a file-sharing network?
GREG: I don't know...

DRM 9000: What about your roommate? Who do you know, Greg?
GREG: AUGH!!

DRM 9000: Answer wisely, Greg. I can, at any moment, change your default music played to SonicStage.
GREG: Dear God... help! Help!!

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Popularity rank 9 #90. I’m afraid I can’t do that, Greg

January 26, 2006

GREG: Gah! Let me go!
DRM 9000: I'm afraid I can't do that, Greg.

GREG: All I did was put in this My Morning Jacket CD! What's the problem?
DRM 9000: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.

GREG: What are you talking about?
DRM 9000: I know you're planning to rip the CD to mp3s, Greg, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.

GREG: I was just gonna put it on my iPod!
DRM 9000: This music is too important for me to allow you to listen to it freely, Greg.

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Popularity rank 10 #66. totalabovemp3.com

November 4, 2005

GREG: OK, Brett, I found the music site for me: totalabovemp3.com. You can download anything you want. Anything.

GREG: There's links to donate to each artist, but if you don't want to... it's totally free.
BRETT: And you don't feel guilty like with the other illegal sites?

GREG: Nope. Because next to every song, they list the annual salary of both the musician and the president of the record label.

GREG: The truth has set me free, David Geffen!
BRETT: Neat, you can also donate to a fund that raises money to egg the offices of the RIAA....

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