I'm sure by now everyone has heard the news about Nick Simmons' alleged (and meticulously documented) plagiarism in his fledgling comic, Incarnate. For those who haven't, Deb Aoki has a collection of links and Twitter conversations here in her blog. As you'll see from her post, discussion of plagiarism has segued into discussion of piracy. I was foolish enough to wade into the comments section yesterday evening, which turned out to be frustrating, exhausting, and really nothing else.