Don't Copy That Floppy

Keith keithvz at verizon.net
Fri Apr 2 10:30:42 CDT 2010


Marvin Johnston wrote:
> 
> Ah yes, I still have one of their "Don't Copy That Floppy" posters and I 
> *think* the VHS tape that was part of that campaign. Must be worth 
> millions by now :).
> 
> 
>  > The SPA ran their "Don't Copy That Floppy" campaign well into the mid-
>  > to-late 90s.  Did anyone ever *really* pay $100K for owning a single
>  > illegal copy of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" as their ads
>  > claimed?
>  >
>  > --Chuck
>  >

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI

No matter how many times I rediscover this, it always cracks me up.

It is funny, however, to see that piracy during the 80's didn't bring 
"the blank screen" and the "end of the computer age" as predicted in the 
video.

Keith




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