When you share files, you're downloading terrorism!

:) Smiley · July 8, 2003, 23:02

Recalling that "when you pirate mp3s, you're downloading communism" poster that I came across some time ago, here's a response to the latest proposals by the RIAA and the US govt to hack into people's computers and destroy data and equipment.

this file is NOT copyrighted and you are encouraged to download and share it.

VJ · July 8, 2003, 23:19

www.whitehouse.org ?

DRoseDARs · July 8, 2003, 23:25

Uh, no...wrong.

I'm downloading porn... duh.

Someone had to say it.

Nubclear · July 9, 2003, 00:08

Propaganda posters!

American propaganda still sucks though

They should contact the Chinese government

JCG · July 9, 2003, 00:57

Or the former-Soviet government.

(Hey! I like those posters...in a "so surreal they are funny" sort of way)

But this RIAA one is clearly inferior...

VJ · July 9, 2003, 00:58

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I'm downloading porn... duh.

You are?

Dis · July 9, 2003, 01:09

what's wrong with terrorism?

DRoseDARs · July 9, 2003, 01:36

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Originally posted by Tuomerehu

You are?

No, not really.

I'll download "things" once-in-a-while, but for the most part it is A) not worth my time nor is it B) as easy as the RIAA et. al. makes it sound, which brings us back to point A).

Lorizael · July 9, 2003, 01:41

America's had some pretty bad propaganda. There's the WWII stuff with the posters that said, "If you're driving alone, you're driving with Hitler." It was part of a movement to get more carpoolers, fewer cars, less oil in the hands of the consumers. That, of course, puts more oil in the hands of the military.

Q Classic · July 9, 2003, 09:02

every time you download... god kills a kitten.

was orrin hatch in that guy's comp?

Skanky Burns · July 9, 2003, 09:07

So this is actually a real propaganda attempt?

Peter Triggs · July 9, 2003, 09:14

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"If you're driving alone, you're driving with Hitler."

Someone in the UK gov had more of a sense of humour. During the Great Drought of 1975 there was an effort made to get people to conserve water. The most memorable slogan was:

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Save water, have a bath with a friend.

Mercator · July 9, 2003, 09:27

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Originally posted by

Smiley
this file is NOT copyrighted and you are encouraged to download and share it.

What!? Then I'd be downloading terrorism!

geeslaka · July 9, 2003, 09:32

That sounds like a good idea. Anyone interested?

:) Smiley · July 9, 2003, 10:22

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So this is actually a real propaganda attempt?

of course not, this is a joke poster I made.

Whaleboy · July 9, 2003, 10:40

Finally, someone else with the same avatar. Why do I have to wait for 500 posts?

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Does this whole RIAA thing remind you of the fuss they (or relations) kicked up in the 80's about VCR's??

The whole file sharing thing, its simply a new technology, and a new way of using it. They cant beat it, if they fight it, they will be defeated by it, thus they have to adapt.

Its simply an environmental factor affecting their potential market, so its not stealing from them, as stealing requires loss of material on their part. If they cant adapt to changes in the market, like all business can and should, then they will die out. Its called evolution, and they should spend less effort fighting it and more adapting to it.

Rant over.

Can you give a link to the original communist poster? BTW, the internet is inherently communist, I dont see their point

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Nice job making the pic!

:) Smiley · July 9, 2003, 13:25

Yeah the 500 post count is annoying, especially since stuff in Off Topic doesn't count for anything.

Yep, it does sound a whole lot like the original VCR thing, or Betamax, as that was the gadget that actually triggered the whole thing.

Funny thing is that Sony, which was back then being sued by the MPAA, is now part of it.

go to google image search, type in mp3 communism, and it'll bring up the poster.

Q Classic · July 9, 2003, 13:28

sony's divided. half of it is part of the riaa, the other half, powering the technologies that the riaa wants to quash.

Fve Crathva · July 9, 2003, 20:56

If you're sharing files, aren't you uploading terrorism?

SP

Oerdin · July 9, 2003, 20:58

Then I'm an uberterrorist.

mrmitchell · July 9, 2003, 23:07

There's some kind of a ****ing war inside Sony. The actual parts and engineering division hates the content division and vice versa.

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Yep, it does sound a whole lot like the original VCR thing, or Betamax, as that was the gadget that actually triggered the whole thing.

As an interesting side note, one of the reasons Betamax was crunched out was because they wouldn't let pr0n companies use it, right? Ahh, yes, pornography driving modern technology.

muxec · July 10, 2003, 02:50

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When you share files you are downloading terrorism

If i got the point the picture is homemade, but the phrase is real. Is it real phrase?
If so first as it was noticed above if i share i upload. Second: downloading terrorism is good because if all the terrorism is on your comp less terrorism will be in the real world

It looks like the author of "if you..." is native English speaker, because for me the sentence sounds as pro-piracy.

Where is Ming's response?

P.S: even if "if you share..." is joke, "if you MP3..." still appears to be stupid. Downloaded communism on my comp is better than communism in the govt.

Sikander · July 10, 2003, 02:51

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Originally posted by mrmitchell

As an interesting side note, one of the reasons Betamax was crunched out was because they wouldn't let pr0n companies use it, right? Ahh, yes, pornography driving modern technology.

P0rn likes to stay on the cumming edge.

muxec · July 10, 2003, 03:00

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Originally posted by Sikander

P0rn likes to stay on the cumming edge.

When you obtain porn you are downloading cummunism

muxec · July 10, 2003, 03:03

And furthermore, most of those who share pirated files are Germans. Is it a reason to start anti-terroristic operation in Germany.

:) Smiley · July 10, 2003, 10:49

speaking of pron, the funny thing is that the pron industry has learned to profit from file sharing by using it as a means of advertising for its newer and higher quality products. Then again, their business model is quite different from the standard film industry's. While a typical pron company will pump out hundreds if not thousands of titles a year, a major studio only puts out a handful of big budget films. Why? Because in pron, people demand specialization over spectacle. This may be the future trend of the movie industry, more films, each with a smaller budget.

badams52 · July 10, 2003, 16:25

Smiley, you're comparison between pron and hollywood is too simplistic. Hollywood used to pump out film after film during it's "Golden Era." But Star Wars came out and the film industry found merchandizing and tie-ins which would be hard for the pron industry to duplicate.

Anyway, that's just one of many reasons between the differences between Hollywood films and pron films...and I don't see Hollywood returning to it's "Golden Era" marketing any time soon.

Elok · July 10, 2003, 17:21

Perhaps a more suitable warning would be, "If you share files, you're sharing files with everyone your kazaa partner has shared files with!"

muxec · July 11, 2003, 03:00

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Originally posted by Elok
Perhaps a more suitable warning would be, "If you share files, you're sharing files with everyone your kazaa partner has shared files with!"

KaZaA sucks. eDonkey - the real thing

Sarxis · July 11, 2003, 03:09

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Originally posted by

Smiley
this file is NOT copyrighted and you are encouraged to download and share it.

Even if it were...