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

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2013–2024, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

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

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

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@jerryr Oct 2013 Makes a joke

on HN thread 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)

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@anon49124 Oct 2018 Makes a joke

on HN thread 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]

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@ethbr1 Feb 2024 Makes a joke

on HN thread 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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