Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 01, 2005

Transcript:

Zonker: Wow...this sounds promising! "Dear comic strip gods..." Mike: Hi, folks - time to visit the ol' mail silo again! What've you got for us, Z? Zonker: Well, here's a provocative query about filesharing, Mike! "Dear guys: How do you keep unscrupulous publications from pirating your strip? Concerned, Ross from Providence." Mike: Good question, Ross from Providence! Piracy is always a problem in the comics world, so we never ship files to clients without encrypting the dialogue. Upon receipt, customers enter a royalty code that de-scrambles the hilarious dialogue that their readers so enjoy. That way, an honest client newspaper like this one can be protected from low-life competitors who "share" copyrighted content, right, Z? Zonker: Pxat! Mike: Pxat? Kap swirzt 4? Zonker: Tnbakl5. Pkl stuzf3 9apz! Zik?