You might think the era of the 3.5 inch “floppy” disk is over, and of course, you’d be right. But when has that ever stopped hackers before? Just because these disks are no longer being ...

all the way up to Central Point’s Copy II PC Option Board that would man-in-the-middle between the floppy disk drive and the CPU, intercepting data and render those copy protections pointless.

We've all seen the "Don't Copy that Floppy" video when we were younger. If you missed it, you're very, very lucky. This was inflicted on us to teach the evils of software piracy and all the people ...

The video opens with a scene from the classic comedy Don’t Copy That Floppy. “Hey, I’m too young for a life of crime.” We’re then whisked into the present day.

Since I'm mentioning copying floppy disks in a retro computing article, I am legally mandated to share the classic "Don't ...

A snapshot of the state of software piracy 15 years ago. I can’t believe the compu-rapper guy actually name-drops Oregon Trail! \[via Digg\] ...

The tradition harks back to 1992, when the Software Publishers Association produced "Don't Copy That Floppy," in which the rapping Disk Protector warns two would-be intellectual property thieves ...

MARTÍNEZ: Even people who never use a floppy disk see an image of one. A disk shows up as the save icon in many computer apps most of us use every day. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DON'T COPY THAT FLOPPY") ...

I was going to go on some huge Cory Doctorow-esque rant about how being arrested for piracy is a waste of resources for law enforcement, how the fines are rediculous, etc. Then I saw that this ...

We hope 'Don't Copy That 2' will prevent piracy by helping people, young and old, make better choices when it comes to downloading or purchasing copyrighted works. People may think they can save ...

But even if you were a huge fan, here’s a piece of Radiohead detrius from that album that you’ve likely never seen before. It’s a promotional giveaway, a 3.5-inch floppy disk with a ...

Copy That Floppy. The Japanese government still requires some of its agencies to save data on CDs and even floppy disks, Japanese English-language newspaper Nikkei Asia reports.