- Dilbert comics stolen (approx. 250,000,000)
I’m probably leaving out a few things. The Dilbert comic theft might be an underestimate. I have documentation of 25 million thefts from the Internet alone in the past 12 months. It adds up.
Famous musicians get downloaded a lot. But they don’t produce a new song every day, as I produce a new comic. So I probably have the edge there because I create more items to steal. And some big corporations probably get robbed a lot if, for example, they own a chain of convenience stores. But those are companies, not individuals. If you divide those thefts by the number of stockholders, it’s not so much per person.
Seriously, who gets robbed more than me? I’m not complaining. My life is great. But I wonder if I hold the record.
[Update: Just to be clear, the comic theft is only the people stealing it for financial gain. Yes, the number is that big. No cartoonist minds someone making a copy for personal use.]
I’m really curious what place has 250 million items about Dilbert that Scott Adams isn’t getting royalties on. What sites are selling access to his strip, or is selling copies of his strip for money, and not paying royalties. Either Scott is misinformed or I’m one of the worst in Googling. Doing a rough search I mainly found Newspapers (they pay royalties) and various branded items for sale. I haven’t found any illegal stores yet. Not to say there probably isn’t some out there but 250 million worth?
What’s your take? Is Scott delusional or has a lawyer (or firm) got him thinking its that bad?
Tags: Comic, Finance, Interesting, Internet, Legal
