History Advertising / DontCopyThatFloppy

* WomenAreWiser: Jenny internalizes the message before Corey does and more directly stops him from actually pirating the game once Disk Protector finishes.

* AnAesop: Don't [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil pirate video games]], kids.

* NiceHat: Disk Protector wears a pretty cool top hat.

* GamerChick: Jenny. Her dialogue suggests that she usually beats Corey at this one; his claims that [[ILetYouWin he was holding back]].

* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The above passage by Disk Protector responds directly to Corey saying, "But I just wanted to make one copy."

''Don't Copy That Floppy'' is a nine-minute anti-piracy [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA]] with a song, created in 1992 by the Software Publishers Association. It's about two kids, Corey and Jenny, who want to copy a video game until they are interrupted by a man who calls himself the Disk Protector (played by M. E. Hart) rapping about the dangers of piracy and how it affects video game creators.

That you're gonna make copy of a game without payin'?\\

That you're gonna make a game without payin'?\\

''Don't Copy That Floppy'' is a nine-minute anti-piracy [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA]] with a song, created in 1992 by the Software Publishers Association. It's about two kids who want to copy a video game until they are interrupted by a man who calls himself the Disk Protector (played by M. E. Hart) rapping about the dangers of piracy and how it affects video game creators.

* GamerChick: Jane. Dialogue suggests that she usually beats Corey at this one.

* WomenAreWiser: Jane internalizes the message before Corey does and more directly stops him from actually pirating the game once Disk Protector leaves.

''Don't Copy That Floppy'' is a nine-minute anti-piracy [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA]] with a song, created in 1992 by the Software Publishers Association. It's about two kids who want to copy a video game, but then a man who calls himself the Disk Protector (played by M. E. Hart) raps about the dangers of piracy and how it affects video game creators.

* CriticalResearchFailure: MC Double Def uses VideoGame/{{Tetris}} as an example of a video game that is supposed to be paid for by players. However, the game's creator Alexey Pajitnov said that he didn't intend to make the game profitable and only made the game for fun. The companies that he pitched the game to decided to turn it into a profit making machine. He did not collect royalties on the game's copies until 10 years after the game was conceived when he moved to the United States and became a computer video game designer and engineer there.

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: The main message is that you shouldn't pirate games becuase it prevents the creators from making new ones.

-->-- '''Disk Protector''' in the first four verses

''Don't Copy That Floppy'' is an advertisement with a song created in 1992. It's about two kids who want to copy a video game, but then a man who calls him self the Disk Protector (played by M. E. Hart) sings about the dangers of piracy and how it affects video game creators.

''Don't Copy That Floppy'' is an advertising campaign with a song created in 1992. It's about two kids who want to copy a video game, but then a man who calls him self the Disk Protector (played by M. E. Hart) sings about the dangers of piracy and how it affects video game creators.

The whole campaign can be watched [[https://youtu.be/up863eQKGUI here]], and the rap can be watched [[https://youtu.be/wy7ZBX9BTUA here]].

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''Don't Copy That Floppy'' is an advertising campaign with a song created in 1992. It's a hip-hop song sung by the Disk Protector (played by M. E. Hart) who sings about the dangers of piracy and how it affects video game creators.

It received a sequel in 2009 called "Advertising/DontCopyThat2''.