Anti-piracy advertising is hilarious

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I've just been watching a few dvds before heading out for new years, and as it happened I just saw one of the ridiculous propaganda ads for the various anti-piracy organisations played as part of the dvd.

You know the ones - they say stuff like "You wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't steal a wallet, you shouldn't buy copyrighted goods" and leave you with the feeling that maybe you should be stealing cars and wallets, because that would at least differentiate you from those anti-fun schmos who work at Anti-Piracy central Ltd.

As part of this dvd they had this great English one, where the evil pirate had glowing red eyes and a big branding stick with an X on the end. It was hilarious.

This post doesn't really have a point, except to say that anti-piracy ads are hilarious in the same way that propaganda ads from the first world war are hilarious. Do the RIAA and equivalents really think these ads are having any real effect anywhere?

Haha, recording industry execs are such tossers.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
I've been inundated with those lately. A TV show series that I received for Christmas on DVD has one of those stupid ads at the beginning of every single disc, so every time I put the DVD in I'm forced to watch it. (And on top of all that, you can't skip those stupid parts, nor fast-forward through them).

Makes me want to go download something illegally.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
The RIAA are just buggy whip makers whining that technology is passing them by... If they had any imagination (or even half a brain to share between them), they would adapt to the new technology instead of sitting in their smelly diaper complaining to judges that the room stinks.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

You know the ones - they say stuff like "You wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't steal a wallet, you shouldn't buy copyrighted goods"


Over here, they play those in theaters before the films. When that particular one came on before Superman Returns the guy several rows ahead of me gave the screen an emphatic two fisted "one finger salute." Now every time I see that ad, DVD or theater, I remember that!

That guy is burned in my brain forever.

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
If tosser means loser, I agree totally.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
(And on top of all that, you can't skip those stupid parts, nor fast-forward through them).


I know and I hate it too! Makes me not want to buy another DVD that's what!


That guy is burned in my brain forever.


! I have no idea what to comment but laugh at the visual you created!
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
SanChino: Exactly! I got the first season of Heroes for Christmas and it was way easier to just download the episodes off the net. The picture quality wasn't as good but at least there wasn't any enforced watching of the cinematic masterpiece that is 'you wouldn't steal a car'

I'm glad I don't have to watch them, but it irritates me that the fatcats in marketing think it will change people's minds to force them to do something they don't want to do.

(And on top of all that, you can't skip those stupid parts, nor fast-forward through them).


Solution - buy a really, really cheap dvd player. As cheap as you can. Import one from China if necessary. The cheap ones are more likely to lack the bit of software that permits a dvd to disable the controls.

I'm the proud owner of a 'Sontech digital DVD player 2000' bought fresh from the street markets of Jakarta. It doesn't pay any attention to copy protection, although the flipside is that it doesn't pay any attention to Dolby surround sound either despite claiming to.

I do love the occasional piracy ad, but I think I might follow in your new friend's footsteps Gene and shout things at the movie screen when I go to the movies.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
I know the ad you're speaking of - shaky camera zooms on someone trying to break into a car that segues into someone sitting in front of a computer, all with thematic rock music as a soundtrack. Gives me the shits too.

We not only got 'Heros' on DVD but I also got a hardbound edition of the graphic novel too. It fills in the gaps the tv episodes counldnt' do and fleshes out a few of the lesser characters. It is really good, particularly if you're a fan of the show.

Doc, a tosser, in our vernacular, is a wanker, which implies a sticky-handed loser.