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Don't Copy That Floppy (Official Video - Digitally Remastered)

Don't Copy That Floppy (Official Video - Digitally Remastered)

AntiSoftwarePirates
0 HN recommenders · discussed 2013–2024
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About this video

The 1992 SIIA anti-piracy rap video Don't Copy That Floppy, warning kids against copying software, remastered and uploaded.

Why it appears in the archive

Referenced only as a nostalgic, cringeworthy joke in threads about floppies and piracy.

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From the Hacker News discussion

jerryr · 2013-10 · joke

Thank you for kicking off the youtubes. I really, really needed to post this here: [VIDEO] (don't copy that floppy)

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anon49124 · 2018-10 · joke

Don't copy that floppy With its very own horrible rap video with Flight Simulator in the background. [VIDEO]

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ethbr1 · 2024-02 · joke

The UK is just doing it wrong. You've got to be cool with the message for the fellow kids, dog. [VIDEO] (1992) ... and that's how the US solved digital piracy and never had to worry about it again.

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