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Archie’s Unfunny Attempt to Save the Music Industry

Photo: Courtesy of Boing Boing

This morning, Spider-Man lectured teenagers from the seventies on the dangers of premarital sex. Now, 83-year-old high-school student Archie Andrews is rapping to the kids about music piracy. In the September edition of the comic, the Archies sell digital copies of their songs on the Internet, “which doesn’t translate to much profit once the 3 purchased files are shared over and over again!†Stay tuned for the October issue, in which Jughead sends YouTube a takedown notice!


Archie Becomes Tool for the RIAA [BoingBoing]
Archie #577 Plot Summary [ComicVine]
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