Things that are tagged downloading

Album leakage

Posted on September 6, 2005 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - BART: The album leaked!? Who leaked it!? Sue ‘em, Joel! Squeeze ‘em ’til it hurts! JOEL: Once the files are out there, sir, it’s nearly impossible to tell who leaked them. |comic strip | panel 2 - BART: Then who’s downloading it? Sue them! Drain the bastards dry!! JOEL: Eh, with these newer P2P file sharing networks… that’s pretty hard to track. |comic strip | panel 3 - BART: Well, God damn it, Joel…. |comic strip | panel 4 - BART: Can we just sue the Internet in general then? JOEL: Legal’s looking into it, sir…. |

Download nightmares

Posted on October 31, 2005 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - BRETT: Come on! It’s just one album! GREG: Don’t tempt me with illegal mp3s, man! I’ll stick to iTunes. A guilt-free life is worth $1 a song. |comic strip | panel 2 - BRETT: Dude, the record companies don’t pay any production or distribution costs with iTunes, and they charge the same as CDs. It’s a ripoff. |comic strip | panel 3 - GREG: Look, I used Napster in college! I won’t go back to that life! I would have nightmares about musicians breaking into my apartment and stealing stuff…. |comic strip | panel 4 - GREG: Liz Phair would hold me down while P.J. Harvey ripped my socks off my feet. It was… arousing. But also scary. BRETT: You’re a toolbox, Greg. |

allofmp3.com

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - GREG: I’m having an iTunes crisis of faith, Brett. I just found this Russian site, allofmp3.com. It’s like $2/album. |comic strip | panel 2 - BRETT: Hmm. Think it’s legal? GREG: W-well, a portion of what I pay goes to the artist. So I’m not really doing anything wrong… right? |comic strip | panel 3 - BRETT: Show me where you read that. GREG: Here on this blog. Next to that porn ad and the “Top 10 Warez Linkz” thing. |comic strip | panel 4 - BRETT: Mmm. Well, I’ll leave you to your rationalizing. GREG: Bottom line, i-it’s not MY fault it’s not shut down… right? RIGHT?! |