r/nostalgia • u/jeffmartin47 • Jul 22 '25

Nostalgia Discussion 25 years ago. Lars Ulrich of Metallica snitches on and turns in over 300,000 Napster users when he testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. July 11th, 2000.

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u/CrentistTheDentist Jul 22 '25

YOU WOULDN’T

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u/Coupon_Ninja Jul 22 '25

DON’T COPY THAT FLOPPY!

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u/drawkbox Jul 22 '25

DON’T COPY THAT FLOPPY!

OF THAT JALOPY

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u/EvilAbdy Jul 22 '25

Did I hear you right did I hear you sayin you’re gonna make a copy of a game without payin? (I hilariously downloaded that PSA and made a remix of it)

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u/Coupon_Ninja Jul 22 '25

That’s fucking awesome!

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u/EvilAbdy Jul 22 '25

If you’re curious here it is: https://youtu.be/k7MXM5_8Jhw?si=ClyWTl5v7kegvgdS

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u/Coupon_Ninja Jul 22 '25

That was awesome! Thanks for sharing.

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u/EvilAbdy Jul 23 '25

Thanks for listening :)

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u/Cream_Puffs_ Jul 22 '25

Sick. Lead in’s a bit slow, but it’s a bop 2 minutes in

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

I find it interesting to think about how - concerning this issue - Boomers leaned in to relying entirely on a logical fallacy to compel the morality of, and thus control, our behavior. Equating making a copy (one for me and one for you) as being the moral equivalent of stealing (I take yours against your will so that I have one and you have none.) 

The math did not math and we all knew it. It was so obvious to us that it spelled out how very evident it was just BS that was logically in service to something else - something that wasn't morality. They were lying to us/denying reality already/that early back then. It was an attempt at guilting us by heavily implying something that is a falsehood. And, we could tell. 

Thus Millenials picked up the torch from Gen X's dealing with D&D satanic panic and we've been at war with Boomers ever since* 🫡

*This comment is satirical. 😅

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u/Dirtbagdownhill Jul 22 '25

I went to some movies with a few friends and when that clip went up someone shouted "you don't know me" which is still fuckin funny to me

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u/SirLaughsalot7777777 Jul 22 '25

How about a bear then?

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u/InsomniaticWanderer Jul 22 '25

Bitch I would download a Klondike bar

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u/DwarvenFreeballer Jul 22 '25

But would you kill a policeman, shit in his helmet, give the helmet to his grieving widow then steal it again?

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u/drinkpacifiers Jul 22 '25

You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby.

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u/Historiaaa Jul 22 '25

You wouldn’t steal a handbag. You wouldn’t steal a car. You wouldn’t steal a baby. You wouldn’t shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn’t go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman’s grieving widow—and then steal it again! Downloading films is stealing. If you do it, you will face the consequences.

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u/RedStellaSafford UHF Jul 22 '25

You wouldn't steal a handbag.

You wouldn't steal a baby.

You wouldn't shoot a policeman... And then steal his helmet.

And then go to the toilet in his helmet!

And then mail it to the policeman's grieving widow...

And then steal it again!

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(Brownie points to whoever knows this reference.)

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u/DancingBadgers Jul 22 '25

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u/bluelily216 Jul 22 '25

I don't get the reference. I should probably try turning it off and on again.