Computer Chronicles - Software Piracy (1985) Part 2

[@reheedwiizard4892]

Thank you for posting this.

[@bugatti1075]

I find it funny the old men back then tried to fight piracy and they are still doing it today.

[@VOXS2]

11:50 that monitor looks quite like the mid 1990s. Looks more unique then these in the 80s

[@bbq_dantheman7202]

More older now

[@NLS87]

software is cheaper because today there are 10.000x more computer users than back then. And the tools used to make software are much more efficient.

[@ccricers]

0:17 it's the Pirate Bay, in paper catalog form!

[@cyberpunk004]

Piracy in that era was actually far less of a problem as you often needed the documentation to use the product and owning a lot of business software resulted in needing a hefty bookshelf to hold all of the manuals. Once manuals and etc were all on the pirated media, and support was either pay per incident or not there at all, why spend 500 dollars on software for the same level of support free provided.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

The knob lawyer contradicted himself 6:43 saying "If everyone paid a small amount the price would lower". But earlier said the price is high because people pirate. YES, hence the reason if the price was lower, people would pay that small amount. Oh and are people that give books away or lend them to friends are they pirates?

[@StanleyOpar]

04:40...that man just described what P2P is today...holy shit

[@Azzanine9]

You're a wizard Frankie!

[@Kalle72]

Still is.

[@theslimeylimey]

What amazes me is that binary newsgroups still exist with the pirated software often stored on and distributed from the ISP's very own servers and nobody says boo. I guess its so "old school" now its small potatoes.

[@oO_ox_O]

"INV ASION" no kerning back in 1985?

[@SaintCyrX]

however, the old men today are the young men from back then... so MAYBE as you get older, you understand the actual economic and moral issues relating to piracy (not talking about making personal backups of course)

[@bugatti1075]

Well if that where true then my grand parents should be all for anti piracy movement. Just remember if these old men get their way the mp3 would be banned, vcr would be banned and they also want to ban personal backups as well.

[@Joeyboots80]

Actually, I'll bet the FBI offered him a job after the show. Them or the CIA.

[@OldSerpentOfSin]

Steve jobs worked for atari once :)

[@SethHearron]

Comb over central!

[@jimman10000]

data rots you cannot make money on selling garbage software. the lawyer is using atom logic. he should use information logic.

[@ilusjon]

wtf these guys would pay 40 bucks for pinball???

[@KamilKubiak96]

EA should watch this :p

[@MrTrolmastr]

who uses the internet that isnt a pirate?

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Frankie Mouse :)

[@thedarkdragon735]

00:03 "bitch- Bit more"

[@wesmatron]

@stanleyopar91 Can I offer the headline "From Grunts to Cunts" :)

[@grabisoft]

buying original software? how about no

[@StanleyOpar]

Copy Proof Technology...you mean DRM right?...*trollface*

[@shoprat17]

ARR!!!

[@chemergency]

He did it for the lulz.

[@dougarr]

even if u paid 40 bucks back in the old days games still sucked. and im talking amiga games now think about games before Amiga ....... they sucked even bigger than Amiga era games ! and im not saying all Amiga games were bad : some are so perfect i play them even now !