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

    AntiSoftwarePirates

    3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2013–2024

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    9:43 · 2.5M views · Apr 2, 2009

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

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

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @ethbr1Feb 2024· in “IPTV Anti-Piracy Threats May Increase Male Motivation to Pirate by 30%”

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

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    2. @jerryrOct 2013· in “What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for?”

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

      AsideView on HN
    3. @anon49124Oct 2018· in “FISK – It's a floppy disk fax machine”

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

      AsideView on HN