don’t copy that floppy!

  • Variden
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    1072 years ago

    For the record yes I would steal a car if the owners car didn’t disappear

    • SomeDude
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      102 years ago

      I’m not very well versed in Star Trek lore, but didn’t humanity basically become peaceful by inventing the replicator, which can exactly do this?

      Now imagine being against this development.

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        I also don’t know Star Trek lore but it is basically the answer used in The Orville (“matter synthesis”), which I do know is a love letter to Star Trek in general

  • @[email protected]
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    572 years ago

    Those are the worst excuses. “Don’t do that thing or we will ruin your life” like. That isn’t a reason not to do something, you are just monsters.

    • @[email protected]
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      102 years ago

      In my state we have signs that say “LITTER AND IT WILL HURT”.

      I loath littering but those signs always make me chuckle.

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    “When you use illegally copied software, you’re committing…DOS and Macintosh”

    Don’t dead, open inside-type vibes

  • @[email protected]
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    342 years ago

    Back in the day when the only copyright protection was scare tactics. Anyway looks like an ad for a software product, not actually anti-piracy propaganda. Nostalgic none the less. There was a time when all software was obtained through floppies. I sure was glad to see those go, damn things failed more often than they worked. I kept a big box of blank ones and copied everything off three times in case the first two failed.

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    Lmao the notion that you would pay so much more for the fine than the software is worth.

    “It’s a real bargain when you consider what some people pay” is a great slogan for asteroid insurance

  • 🐱TheCat
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    302 years ago

    Meanwhile inside Microsoft: I’ll just copy this Xerox GUI aannndddd … Windows!

  • @[email protected]
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    Something that can’t be stolen is not property. You can only copy a stream of bits not steal. You can also replicate it to infinity. A pound of gold is real property. You can definitely steal it and you can’t replicate it.

    • @[email protected]
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      102 years ago

      Maybe it’s like Diamonds. You can absolutely make diamonds in a lab without any bloodshed and people will be like “the blood is what makes it special”. Maybe the “original” bits make it special?

  • ram
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    212 years ago

    Paying $80 to ensure people paid for other things? This is silly.

  • cakeistheanswer
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    202 years ago

    Ahh always nice to revisit my first dose of propaganda.

    I would have downloaded a car if I could have.

  • @[email protected]
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    192 years ago

    Their attempts to pretend software copying is anything serious was as hilarious in '93 as it is today.

  • MadMaurice
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    162 years ago

    Lol that’s rather anti copyright laws if anything.

  • Uriel-238
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    I think companies just started outsourcing to contract workers who can’t afford legitimate software, so that when they sue the guy for piracy, he’s just poor. His life may be ruined by the suit, but the company is fine.

    Edit: Fixed sentence cohesion