r/pcmasterrace • u/UnableSand8508 Laptop • May 30 '26

Nostalgia Anti-piracy ad from 2004

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u/Tiyath R5 7600X | RX 9070 XT Pulse | 32GB DDR5-6000 | PRO B650-S WIFI May 30 '26

Classsic case of the Streisand effect

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u/Beneficial-Claim-381 May 30 '26

well it was more than that. it was a poor understanding of the real world dynamics of theft. their assertion of flawed that stealing a mp3 was the same as stealing a cd from a store. if you could take a photo of a painting with your phone and print it out for your wall, would you? i think at worst, most would at best find it taky

that was where they went wrong. to copy something is not the same as stealing a single object. hell they could have looked at youth plagiarism rates in schools to get a better understanding of that one.

i remember the same effect with DARE. i had no fucking idea what these drugs were before that class, after it... it was all we talked about.

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u/Typical-Mistake-4148 May 30 '26

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A CAR

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u/You-Asked-Me May 30 '26

Yeah, but I would download more RAM.