For a captain of industry, the idea of intellectual property is intriguing.
A black and white comic depicting Nintendo's Mario and Peach characters sitting on the roof of a building was posted by the world's richest man.
There is no way to prove we are living in a simulation.
It's a moderately funny joke, and it also riffs on Musk's longstanding interest in the theory that we, like Mario and Peach in the comic, could live in a simulation universe.
The issues raised by the comic's author are much more mundane. This was not the first time that Musk had posted a meme without credit. Futurism was the victim of the robbery and not just calling him out.
Musk's comic was an illustration from Futurism cartoons.
Futurism and the authors of the comic are credited on the top of the image. Both credits were cut out in the version Musk posted.
This isn't the first time the CEO of the two companies has taken meme art. He seems to have lifted at least two meme's over the last year and a half.
Last year, the New York Times ran an expose on Musk's meme-stealing propensity, questioning whether the father of nine to ten children actually lives up to his representation.
Musk's laissez faire attitude towards crediting others' work is not limited to meme. In the year of 2018, it was revealed thatTesla had used an image by a smalltime artist to show off new tech in its vehicles.
Musk was called out for the mistake.
"If he wants to, he can file a lawsuit for money, but that's not really cool," he said. This attention increased his mug sales.
It makes perfect sense that Musk stole meme. Rich people steal even when there is no reason to do so. Musk has had to deal with the accusation that he lifted large ideas from other people.
The richest guy on the planet feels like he has to pilfer some of the lowest-hanging fruit of the meme world when he can hire the best content creators.
Musk's promise to bring Starlink to Iran has a huge problem.
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