Donald Duck Is a Music Pirate, and His Nephews Too
Written by Ernesto on December 04, 2007The latest issue of the Donald Duck magazine in The Netherlands features Donald and his nephews as music pirates and (who else) Uncle Scrooge as the big boss of a record label threatening with fines. Has the anti-piracy lobby infiltrated the Donald Duck magazine?
The short comic presents the Dutch youngsters with a short lesson in copyright. Huey, Dewey and Lewey don’t have money for the latest “Jan Goudsmid” album, so they decide to download it (presumably with BitTorrent). They argue that they can always buy it later when they have the money. When the nephews tell this to Donald he realizes that he can make a lot of money from this by copying and selling CDs on the street.
Huey, Dewey and Lewey are shocked by Donald’s plan, and tell him it’s not fair because the CD is copyrighted. “If nobody buys CDs anymore, the record labels and artists will become beggars,” they add. Donald doesn’t listen of course and tries to make 100 copies of a CD he bought. In the end Donald’s plan is stopped by Uncle Scrooge, who warns Donald that he will have to pay a huge sum of money if he doesn’t stop the pirating (yes, it’s all about money).
… ain’t that a great message Disney is sending to the Dutch youngsters?
Several Dutch websites suspected that the anti-piracy organization BREIN was somehow behind this propagandists comic. However, the Donald Duck magazine denied the involvement of BREIN, or any other organization. Thom Roep, the head editor of the Donald Duck magazine, further apologized for the preaching tone used in the story, especially when the nephews were talking about copyright. He explained that they decided to run this story because it is a nice illustration how Huey, Dewey and Lewey outsmart their uncle once again.
It’s certainly smart to download music if you don’t have the money to buy a CD. The nephews were smart enough not to become commercial pirates, they just did it for personal use, which is not that bad according to the comic (downloading music is not illegal in the Netherlands). If BREIN really was involved, I think the nephews wouldn’t have downloaded the CD at all, they would lose their “merit patch in respecting copyright” if they did.
On top of this, I don’t think any anti-piracy organization would make Scrooge the boss of a music label, even though they know it is a pretty accurate comparison. Here is a link to the comic in Dutch.
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Al-riiight!!!
first mafIAA web-comic I’ve seen a quite a while (first good one, at any rate): http://xkcd.com/86/
['s old; w/e :p]
This is an official statement:
WE have nothing to do with this comic, but we do support the ideals behind it.
You are all common thieves and should be hanged, just wait until we gain full universal control. The death penalty will become as commonly used as Bit-Torrent and the world shall crumble before our might.
We shall power over your minscule minds with our lawyers and haxx.
Yours truly,
Jesus
Dear RIAA @ #26,
Do not misuse my son’s name.
Thank you, God
Donald Duck should not be used for spreading propaganda :(
Nice idea. When will these guys use Pluto for sniffing out pirated cds ???
i think i first rented that video ten years ago … in fact, it’s still at my local video store … and it’s still funny!
@Anonymous #28
Disney characters are used very often in propaganda. Just take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEGsnWZKh8
Dirt fight goes on.. They are sick to their minds!
Anyone know why the pirate bay is down?
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Pirate bay is down
[quote comment="231346"]Pirate bay is down[/quote]
interesting. I cant get to TPB either. What is going on Torrent Freak? What does Brokep say?
“the record labels will become beggars”
OMG, that’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. My heart aches. And that so short before Christmas. I’ll jump right to the next store and buy a dozen CDs to save them from that terrible fate…
I dunno. The depiction of Uncle Scrooge as a very, _very_ unsympathetic character at the end is pretty much accurate.
But the preachy tone kind of kills the few good bits too.
[quote comment="231365"][quote comment="231346"]Pirate bay is down[/quote]
interesting. I cant get to TPB either. What is going on Torrent Freak? What does Brokep say?[/quote]
down since 4 hours.. strange. though other sites on prq seem to be up and running
Donald Duck is a badass!
mikeg ~ Howtobelike.com
Somebody scan this and post it somewhere!
4rainertunes, there’s a link at the bottom of the story. But i’ll link it again just for you.
http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/33656/f784b789/moraalridders_bij_de_dd.html
[quote comment="230874"]So Disney is with the anti pirates too. Too bad the comic itself seems to create more confusion than actually being comical.
P.S. I know you Gamespot editors come here and read up on the lastest. That was cruel to fire Jeff Gerstmann after all the years he has put in. Stop keeping his departure a big secret. Admit it that you fired him for giving a low score to K&L.[/quote]
Fuck Gamestop.
Umm…how is grey text readable on a grey background?
Who reads comics anyway? Probably old music label bosses….most young kids are to busy downloading to read!
Id like to see more children’s comics take up piracy issues to provide me with lots of preachy kitsch to ironically appreciate.
Don’t copy that floppy, am I right?
Wow thats low, what next antipirate propaganda on babyfood? :P
allotting!choppers steadfastly publishes Mysore balky Oscar:
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