quirzle

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[–] quirzle@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

All broadcast television shows are aired for free too, but that doesn't keep them from being easily pirated.

[–] quirzle@programming.dev 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Too lazy to upload a separate image, but it's pink and south of the "stan" in Kazakhstan and north of the "stan" in Pakistan.

[–] quirzle@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago

That "you wouldn't download a car" became the meme while the ad itself said "you wouldn't steal a car" drives home exactly how effective these ads were at conflating the two.

[–] quirzle@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I guess so. Best I can recall, most people I knew were either avid pirates or casually saw it as low-level criminal activity by the early 2000s.

[–] quirzle@programming.dev 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You've never seen this? Never heard "home taping is killing music" or "don't copy that floppy"?

[–] quirzle@programming.dev 89 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

I blame the "piracy is stealing" advertising/propaganda. It was super effective, given that we all remember it.

Editing to add one of my favorite videos in the other direction, Copying is Not Theft.