Don't Copy that Floppy

DragonRose · Fri 06/02/2004 17:34:41

Okay, this made me giggle like a school girl. It's an anti-software-piracy ad, circa 1992, complete with old school rapping, Carmen Sandiago and Oregon Trail screen shots, and the running man.

Bam!

I'll never pirate again.

Privateer Puddin' · Fri 06/02/2004 17:37:51

not new to me, but still worthy of a giggle

Squinky · Fri 06/02/2004 18:12:08

I can't believe I watched that whole thing...I also can't believe that rap has become so popular...eck

taryuu · Fri 06/02/2004 18:21:27

I couldn't belive how long that rap actually was.

And then he came back.

And then he came back again.

MAKE HIM STOP!

Domino · Fri 06/02/2004 18:59:22

Yeah it was funny to watch, and i thought that rap had a catchy beat to it. But that film was cheesy as hell though.

BG

shbaz · Fri 06/02/2004 19:06:05

Ah, hilarious. Brings me back to when my brothers blasted their Vanilla Ice tapes on their boomboxes and they were COOL.

Darth Mandarb · Fri 06/02/2004 19:21:22

Cracks me up!

I remember hearing that way back then.

I never really watched it though 'cause it was usually on the TV in the background as I was pirating Space Quest III and elFish and Alone in the Dark ...

They showed it on Unscrewed (TechTV late-night) a few weeks back.

Worth a good laugh.

Granted, he's no fiddy-cent, but he's aiiiight.

Domino · Sat 07/02/2004 02:47:12

Since the Rapper said Don't Copy that Floppy, i guess its okay to copy to a CD-Rom. I don't think he'll mind. But if i do, he'll probably show up at my doorstep singing that crappy song.

Goldmund · Sat 07/02/2004 23:01:35

The black man in a dubious suit provided quite a lengthy argument.
He was very tedious, which nicely contrasted with the supposedly catchy tune.

What I liked the most is the fact that for the first time in history government has to ask to be honorable and morally upright because itt has absolutely no control over what you do with data.
Which is nice.

Meowster · Sun 08/02/2004 10:09:27

(16MB, 10 mÃn)

Ha ha ha!!! More like 16mb, fuck you! Is there any way I can download it? Because I'm not having it load in an IE window for the next three hours.

Shattered Sponge · Sun 08/02/2004 12:35:41

Right-click; save target as.

Really. Put some effort into your obtaining of cheesy 80s/early 90s video-game industry propaganda!

And while we're at it.

ThunderStorm · Sun 08/02/2004 12:58:35

What amazes me most is how they made a 16 MB video fit on a single floppy disk. They must have had a great compression algorithm they hid from the public.

Chicky · Sun 08/02/2004 13:49:02

someone should really send this to those gits who stole the half-life2 code, imagine what a difference it would make!

yeh rite

-a chicken

Pumaman · Sun 08/02/2004 14:46:36

Haha, this is great

How was it screened originally? It's way too long for a TV commercial, so when were people subjected to watching it?

Takara · Sun 08/02/2004 15:30:13

lol, that was really funny!

I hope that never happens to my computer! Strange man rapping at me about copy protection... very freaky!

Takara.

earlwood · Sun 08/02/2004 18:38:56

Girl: I wanna be a programmer someday, and I don't wanna work if I can't get the green.

Boy: If they have enough money to get a guy to do a 10 minute rap on anti-theft then they more than enough money for me to make one copy.

Girl:But theft is wrong..

Boy: *Stab Girl in throat*

Girl:But I don't understand.. *cough*

Boy: No one understands me, I'm the wind, baby, the wind!

*Make out scene*

I wonder if they ever though that the reason some of those games failed was because no one wants to play tetris in space or play with a chick in a red overcoat ( though I wouldn't mind doing that)

Pesty · Mon 09/02/2004 00:15:38

Is it just me, or has anyone else seen that girl in commercials nowadays? It might just be a lady that looks like her...

I think that it was shown in schools to kids. I know I had to watch similar things when I was in elementary and middle school.

Gilbert · Mon 09/02/2004 02:08:19

I don't know, but she looks a bit like one of the teachers in Boston Public (The fifth from the left), maybe it' sjust me.

Scummbuddy · Mon 09/02/2004 07:27:55

Whoever was playing Tetris for that video was really bad.....

oh, and, the song didn't convert me from copying and violating laws, his dancing did.

Thank God that doesn't pop up on my computer everytime I want to copy a folder of mine onto a disk or something.

remixor · Mon 09/02/2004 07:43:40

Quote from: Scummbuddy on Mon 09/02/2004 07:27:55Thank God that doesn't pop up on my computer everytime I want to copy a folder of mine onto a disk or something.

It doesn't do that on your computer?! I should get mine looked at...