Killing Music

have some money! don't give it to me, / give it to a giant faceless corporation that claims to represent me / forget it then. you're killing music!

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Stealing Labor

i wrote you this song! why? / so that you'd pay me! but i didn't hire you. / you're stealing my labor

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Obscurity

the greatest threat to cartoon characters isn't piracy / it's obscurity / we're in a heap of trouble then

Based on a famous quote from Tim O’Reilly. Because Mimi & Eunice are Free and Copyleft and ShareAlike and want to be copied, “piracy” poses no threat to them at all. But very few people know they exist. Please copy, embed, etc. – the more they’re copied, the less obscure they’ll become.

Also, you can buy the book.

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Originality

say something original / i love you / originality is overratedMimi & Eunice distill an earlier article, The Cult of Originality.

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Viral Patent

i've patented the cold virus and you're infringing / your patent won't stop anyone from getting colds / you just think you should get everything for free

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Watermark

try my new cake / gah it smells like pee! that's because i peed on it / why? i don't want anyone to steal it

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Added Value

take / you can have it back for $220,000 / you stole my nose! i added value to it!

Mimi & Eunice’s character designs evolved (barely) from this Copying Is Not Theft animation:

You’ll notice it starts off with the nose-stealing gag. I saw a similar gag over a decade ago in a brilliant Sam Henderson comic, the Magic Whistle, which made me laugh and laugh. Since Sam has made about a zillion such comics, I can’t find that one, but I did find this amusing one that relates to one of my favorite subjects, the First Amendment: Continue reading Added Value

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Authoritarian

what does authoritarian mean / it means they eat authors

The US government really has been seizing URLs, for an example go here.

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Death of the Author

have you heard about the death of the author / gasp / i am so sorry

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Non-Commercial

my work is free / except for commercial use which is evil and i forbid it / was no one's figured out how to make money on the internet

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