Comments on: Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book

By: Part two!!

Part two!! — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:24:56 +0000

We need a sequel! It was funny as heck :D

By: Prima

Prima — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:11:43 +0000

Good one. Read more on impact of comics at http://rare-book.net/do-comic-books-have-negative-effects-on-kids/

By: Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book | Gadget Mania Gadgets and Gadget News

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:23:45 +0000

[...] News link: here [...]

By: They r losers

They r losers — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:19:07 +0000

Heck before I got into torrents I was able to accidently block the ICANN from doing a port scan when I was getting illegal wireless interent for 3 months good luck stopping me boys.

By: Alias tv series comic? | Tv Season Dvd

Alias tv series comic? | Tv Season Dvd — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:06:41 +0000

[...] Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book | TorrentFreak [...]

By: ruff linkage 200942 « piece 0 plastic – the revolution will be blogged

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:58:08 +0000

[...] Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book – "The Motion Picture Association has sent one of its big shot lobbyists to New Zealand to advocate tougher anti-piracy legislation, and to promote a propagandistic comic book set be handed out to thousands of local kids." [...]

By: Gadget Mania Gadgets and Gadget News » Blog Archive » Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:09:53 +0000

[...] News link: here [...]

By: L@L +1

L@L +1 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:34:36 +0000

http://rapidshare.com/files/293064535/tbcty.pdf

In soviet Russia Terrorbyte city comes to weblogs

By: DfizzleShizzle

DfizzleShizzle — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:33:53 +0000

Loved the book, pretty illustrations
Hahaha,
I wonder if they’d send me a copy if I sent them a letter asking for one?
I could offer to trade them the pirated Transformer DVD in exchange for it…That seems like a fair trade

By: Julius

Julius — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:46:28 +0000

Pathetic. Epic fail.

By: cherryz

cherryz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:41:16 +0000

The MPAA have hit a new low.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:36:15 +0000

I’m now pirating anti-pirate content. MPAA: You’re welcome. I’m helping you share your message with the world…

…Along with 162 other torrents that haven’t yet reached a 4:1 ratio.

A piece of advice: You don’t get to create a product that has no market value to the consumer and then complain because consumers are treating it like it has no value.

By: Anti-File Sharing Propaganda Back To Focusing On That Horrible Malware You’ll Get | Geek News and Musings

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:38:56 +0000

[...] we have the story of the MPAA apparently sending a bunch of anti-piracy comic books to New Zealand, home of one of many different fights on how to change copyright law. The comic book, like the BSA [...]

By: Anti-File Sharing Propaganda Back To Focusing On That Horrible Malware You’ll Get | PHP Hosts

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:02:54 +0000

By: Hollywood goes after New Zealand kids

Hollywood goes after New Zealand kids — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:47:59 +0000

[...] New Zealand, “Interestingly, the comic doesn’t touch the subject of copyright,” says TorrentFreak. “Instead it uses false threats to scare children and parents about the dangers of [...]

By: S-Mac

S-Mac — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:54:09 +0000

LOL, I’m ROFLing at some of these comments.

Here are some things I have learned.

–Since downloading that Comic, I have already had a High School Musical pop up on my computer.

–If you have a DVD drive, you are at risk of attack from little green aliens(Martians??)

–Downloading 99% of the movie is OK. I agree. The last 1% is just the end of the credits that show the MPAA and copyright logos, I didn’t want that shit anyway…

–Telling kids something is bad means they will not do it.

–Being sucked into your computer and going to Terror-byte city is really scary(even though some kids would think it was pretty cool)

–The moral of the story seems to be about virus protection. Updating your security software means your completely safe from downloading movies.

By: Paulo Rená da Silva Santarém (prenass) 's status on Wednesday, 14-Oct-09 14:16:47 UTC - Identi.ca

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:15:29 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/anti-pirates-scare-kids-with-propagandistic-comic-book-091012/ a few seconds ago from firestatus [...]

By: johannesfaust

johannesfaust — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:48:10 +0000

@116
someday I will!

By: Im Going To Buy A Fake Designer Purse Will The Kids In My School Know? | Handbags and Purses Fashion and Beauty Reviews

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:21:37 +0000

[...] Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book | TorrentFreak [...]

By: .neo.styles|nvDX

.neo.styles|nvDX — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:06:27 +0000

Everyone bashing the comics needs to shut the hell up! Somebody worked really hard on it and deserves to be paid excessively and repeatedly over at least 100 years for their work, so they can afford their hookers and heroin, even if their work is utter fucking fail(see also: MPAA/RIAA). Furthermore, if you downloaded that comic without paying for it, the boogeyman living in your closet is going to blow your dad every night this week and he will enjoy it very much, leading to the divorce of your parents and the ruination your life and you wont have any internets to steal comics anymore!

I think MAFIAA is a pretty cool guy. eh brainwashes children in New Zealand and doesn’t afraid of anything.

“You wouldn’t download a car.”
-MPAA

“Fuck you! I would if I could!”
-Everyone else

By: Top 10 Most Powerful Comic Book Characters | the Bezaleel

Top 10 Most Powerful Comic Book Characters | the Bezaleel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:01:10 +0000

[...] Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book | TorrentFreak [...]

By: aXXo

aXXo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:23:02 +0000

LOL!!!

It is also believed that the newly mutated swine flu virus also spreads in the same way!

By: Xcel

Xcel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:14:54 +0000

@108, get that aero out of your eye and find a penguin to play with, you’ll be much happier….

By: caFfiend

caFfiend — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:16:55 +0000

thanks for the link, tossing it on my facebook.

the whole time i was reading the article i was hoping it had already been posted somewhere :D

By: Everybody

Everybody — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:14:25 +0000

Read the comic. Found it hilarious. It’s projecting stuff into the DVD drive. I’m safe though, cause my netbook does not have any DVD drive.

By: LA MPAA spaventa i bambini con fumetti anti-pirateria

LA MPAA spaventa i bambini con fumetti anti-pirateria — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:45:06 +0000

[...] Fonte Torrent freak Condividi articolo con i tuoi amici di: [...]

By: lister

lister — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:00:55 +0000

Other problems I found:
If the kid say’s that was cool, his reaction would probably be “Lets download another!”
Also, IF there is a virus, it will most likely be in an executable file. Also, the most glaring at me is, that THE FILE MUST BE DOWNLOADED FIRST. You can tell this was written by people who I would not call retards, because in this case I would not want to insult retards.

By: me

me — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:26:28 +0000

I can imagine it now, plot twist at the end: THE MPAA were the ones who put the viruses in the files! Dunt..dunt..dun….!

By: Some Dick from new zealand

Some Dick from new zealand — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:59:23 +0000

WTF our shit government is letting this shit fuck with the mind of our youths.
I can see a sudden rise in domestic violence as little Timmy tells mum and dad that download is wrong.
New Zealand is not American

By: Netbasics Operative

Netbasics Operative — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:43:07 +0000

@105

You promote linux to those who believe licensed CDs are superior in quality? well, from the same viewpoint linux is not a Licensed OS made by big corporations, uh, like microsoft – and therefore, is inferior. there might be full of holes and other malicious exploits. I knew that from the beginning, new Ubuntu Beryl-thingy made my eyes soar. Now i’m on Windows Vista, and thanks to Bill Gates and the amazing progress of technology he’s done, My eye no longer hurts – Because my legitimate copy of windows vista has AERO on it.

By: Robert Marley (makin257) 's status on Tuesday, 13-Oct-09 19:54:38 UTC - Identi.ca

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:15 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/anti-pirates-scare-kids-with-propagandistic-comic-book-091012/ [...]

By: lverona

lverona — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:37:37 +0000

I do know people who seriously believe that buying licensed cds is good because the quality of the recording is better. And a lot of non-tech people seriously believe that. There are also urban myths that pirated cds have noise in the background of the music which is bad for your health. These things do stay around. And good luck explaining that digital copy is identical to people who since 5 had been taught otherwise.

As for viruses, I would suggest promoting linux. No viruses and great torrent clients.

By: The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: October 13, 2009

The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: October 13, 2009 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:00:57 +0000

[...] News: Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book. [...]

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:22:37 +0000

Moral of the Story:

Practice safe piracy.
Do it with Ubuntu.

By: Informatique et logiciel libre

Informatique et logiciel libre — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:51:24 +0000

Quand la MPAA crée une "effrayante" bande dessinée "contre le piratage"…

Quand la MPAA crée une "effrayante" bande dessinée "contre le piratage"…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:58:06 +0000

MPAA, thanks for something new to seed

By: venderr

venderr — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:56:17 +0000

man, like most other comics books this will be soon be made into a movie.can’t wait to dl that via p2p.

By: Kapcha

Kapcha — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:34:58 +0000

OMG LOL =) Thx for link on mininova )

By: SNF

SNF — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:32:02 +0000

This is pre-emtive strike. They “educate”(scaring) young people to not use filesharing/P2P so less people later in life will pirate and the young ones doesn’t begin at all.

A good buisness decision(in theory) but penetration level of this campaign probably will be less the satisfationally. People that age already have their ideas on stuff like internet, “piracy” & these kinds of things. Another failed(or soon to be) campaign by CR-industy, what a shocker!(*ironic*)

SNF – Stupidity Never Fails

By: Links 13/10/2009: GNOME Summit Coming, KDE Would Have Cost $175 Million to Make | Boycott Novell

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:44:52 +0000

[...] Anti-Pirates Scare Kids with Propagandistic Comic Book The Motion Picture Association has sent one of its big shot lobbyists to New Zealand to advocate tougher anti-piracy legislation, and to promote a propagandistic comic book set be handed out to thousands of local kids. Interestingly, the comic doesn’t touch the subject of copyright. Instead it uses false threats to scare children and parents about the dangers of file-sharing. [...]

By: talorthain

talorthain — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:33:16 +0000

Just reminds me of the mircosoft adverts where the young kids are doing things on computers….

The only ones that would fall for this are technophobes and kids that can read orwalk and are called babies and need to read to them…

But in the words of the Advert I am 5 years old and I am a PC (Pirate Child)

And as for the dad turning on a computer, its the kids they ask to sort it out….

By: Fernanda Weiden (nandaweiden) 's status on Tuesday, 13-Oct-09 14:21:48 UTC - Identi.ca

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:28 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/anti-pirates-scare-kids-with-propagandistic-comic-book-091012/ a few seconds ago from web [...]

By: Ufa (ufa) 's status on Tuesday, 13-Oct-09 14:02:32 UTC - Identi.ca

Ufa (ufa) 's status on Tuesday, 13-Oct-09 14:02:32 UTC - Identi.ca — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:01:09 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/anti-pirates-scare-kids-with-propagandistic-comic-book-091012/ a few seconds ago from IdentiFox [...]

By: Trelew

Trelew — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:37:42 +0000

What blatant propaganda! I’m betting that any kind given this book will never read it or if they do won’t give it a second thought. Of course Big Business doesn’t want to express the facts of P2P because it will invite debate and expose themselves. It’s much better to use groundless scare tactics.

By: Roy Schestowitz (schestowitz) 's status on Tuesday, 13-Oct-09 13:11:11 UTC - Identi.ca

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:09:47 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/anti-pirates-scare-kids-with-propagandistic-comic-book-091012/ [...]

By: Anti-Piracy Comic Book Set to Scare Children | My Take on News

Anti-Piracy Comic Book Set to Scare Children | My Take on News — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:59:25 +0000

[...] Torrentfreak VN:F [1.6.4_902]Rating: 0 (from 0 votes) Tagged with: Asinine • Comic • Misguided [...]

By: Happy P2P User

Happy P2P User — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:50:22 +0000

lol… oh dear.. that the best they could do…. I prefered Jack Blacks Anti Piracy video.. still wont stop me downloading what i need though.

By: daviddanut

daviddanut — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:29:32 +0000

I think I just shat my kidneys out laughing :-S

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:05:52 +0000

if u want the comic strip, its on a torrent site near you :)

By: gorehound

gorehound — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:05:23 +0000

Fuck You MPAA.You will go down and so will your corrupt industry.