Hilarious Anti-Piracy ad from 1992! [Archive]

Doom9

15th May 2006, 19:10

I just got a "plugin performed an illegal operation" error message when watching.. I guess the message is copying makes your browser crash.

Revgen

15th May 2006, 19:33

Too bad.:(

I use the latest version of Firefox and Flash and it works fine.

Lutochris

15th May 2006, 19:51

So THAT'S why piracy is such a big problem today, they quit making stuff like this!

I saw it, it's pretty funny. But I'm wondering who they distributed that to? It's too long to be a TV spot, but it's obviously meant for kids/teens. So, did they just send this to schools and have teachers play it for their kids? Not sure how else kids would see it. My elementary school actually had a computer class back around the time this was made, and I never saw anything like this.

buzzqw

15th May 2006, 19:54

using opera 9 beta (latest snapshot) i cas see this "allucinanting" spot...

BHH

dani82

16th May 2006, 08:21

i don't know why they bother releasing stuff like that, i mean, if you didn't know, now you do, so don't

Mug Funky

16th May 2006, 16:21

hahaha!

i want one of those :)

Doobie

17th May 2006, 02:55

The computer business was nearly killed by piracy in the early days. At universities, people would pass around the latest game punch cards and kids would be using #2 pencils to mark the hole locations on paper. Then those P2P networks running on 110pbs teletype lines were making the music industry pull out its hair.

Skelsgard

19th May 2006, 13:28

Holy COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Add is AWESOME...

I don´t know what scares me the most: if having the authorities locking away for copying some software.. or having that guy showing up in my screen.
(Will that do? :))

stax76

19th May 2006, 13:43

Many of adds nowadays here in germany try to indicate that piracy is a crime like rob and steal, prisons and gangsters are shown, even the radio and TV fee everybody has to pay does it showing a person that is prolly supposed to look like a gangsta rapper, look at the chain :o

http://www.gez.de/door/aufgaben/werbung/index.html

Guest

19th May 2006, 13:48

@Skelsgard

Please completely edit out the profanity per forum rule 4. Thank you. There's no need for this kind of talk.

Soulhunter

19th May 2006, 17:02

@ stax

Dont you know... downloading mp3's... stealing a granny her pension... making a dvd copy for a friend... selling heroin to schoolkids... goes all hand in hand! XD

Bye

Skelsgard

19th May 2006, 17:51

goes all hand in hand!
Actually, u can pretty much get away with selling heroin to children (even thru the web)... but don´t u dare to have an unpaid copy of M$ Doors ZP even in a non-profit-making PC cause u´re going to JAIL!!!. :D

Sirber

19th May 2006, 23:29

That's a pretty long "ad".
long and boring :( Can't hold that on a floppy ;)

Shinigami-Sama

20th May 2006, 02:50

I am no where near drunk enough to watch that all the way through, if they made me watch then when I was in elementary school I would have been scared for live

Soulhunter

20th May 2006, 03:00

Heard they used it to torture convicts till it was forbidden by the geneva convention...

Bye

TactX

20th May 2006, 14:04

I didn't know they had drugs that good in 1992...

ac-chan123

20th May 2006, 21:00

There must be really great compression codec, if there is this "Clip" and some other(to save) content. :D

Lutochris

24th May 2006, 18:11

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe this is the root of all gangsta rap.

You see, back in their underground days, NWA originally rapped about software piracy, then only later moved on to drugs, murder, beating women, etc.

4Dude

24th May 2006, 23:31

I just got a "plugin performed an illegal operation" error message when watching.. I guess the message is copying makes your browser crash.I didnt get any audio with it,just video......

Hmmm

Revgen

25th May 2006, 02:38

I think you need Flash to play it. Do you have the latest version?

DarkZell666

25th May 2006, 12:45

Mhooo !! the plugin performed an illegal operation ... broadcasting some a/v content for free !!! CALL THE RIAA NOW :D

xyloy

26th May 2006, 11:15

Reminds me the famous XCopy program on my old Amiga 600 :D

reepa

27th May 2006, 14:56

You can download it (without using Flash) from Google video. Just search for "copy that floppy".

4Dude

18th February 2007, 02:54

I didnt get any audio with it,just video......It played fine this time!!!!

Very amusing!!

jeffy

18th February 2007, 07:32

8 minutes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Copy_That_Floppy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.E._Hart
http://www.videogamestumpers.com/2003/07/06/dont-copy-that-floppy/
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/15/dont-copy-that-floppy/
1992

Unbelievable, available even for sale:
http://www.siia.net/estore/10browse.asp

4Dude

18th February 2007, 21:59

Hehehe who would buy it when they can view it online??

Heres a WMV version in case someone still cant see the clip

http://traidor.com/movies/dctf-1.wmv