don’t copy that floppy!

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    1 year 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.

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    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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    1 year ago

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

    Don’t dead, open inside-type vibes

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    1 year ago

    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

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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.

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      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?