Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 26, 2024

Yea sure you did.

OK, where’s the rum?? LOL. OK, but seriously, I think I can understand why Alex is so PO’d—she gave her father a present (albeit by dishonest means), and the only thanks she got was a lecture on honesty and integrity. Sorry, but in this arc, Mike comes off like Dad in “Calvin & Hobbes”—a character I don’t like at all!

As a guy whose last ASCAP check was for 14¢, I can only say, ’AAAAAARRRHHHHHhhh…"

The main thing is that she accepts who she really is.

(And a bottle of rum.)

She needs to be pirating music by Alestorm. There is nothing like “Scottish Pirate Metal” to accompany you on your online pirating raids!

Is the comic strip creator related to the Prime minister of Canada?

The MP3 Waltz by Pirates R Us, on their 2017 album, Songs of Modern Piracy. Download it from YouTube™ today!

This whole arc reminds me of a brilliant original song (not a parody, though stylistically it is modeled on anthems like “We Are the World”) by Weird Al Yankovic called “Don’t Download This Song” (which he made available for free downloading on his website). Based on the lyrics, Al obviously felt that people like Mike and the RIAA were overstating their case somewhat.

Guilty pleasure v. Feeling righteous. Another moral choice!