RIAA Starts Home Search Ad Campaign

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 05:18pm

Find the ad for the campaign here (not official site).

It's fucking disgusting such an organisation exists, I can only have pity for those living in the US.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-11-01 05:22pm

Valdemar, I'm pretty sure this isn't real. Watch it again.

God Emperor · Post by **God Emperor** » 2003-11-01 05:23pm

How will that stop people from downloading music?

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-11-01 05:23pm

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-11-01 05:24pm

That's never a real ad, that's got to be a spoof...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 05:24pm

Mitth`raw`nuruodo wrote:

Valdemar, I'm pretty sure this isn't real. Watch it again.

I know it's a low quality video not from the true RIAA website, but I assure you, this is an actual campaign.

It's every bit as stupid as their "we can send you viruses or blow your PC up" threat.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-11-01 05:28pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:I know it's a low quality video not from the true RIAA website, but I assure you, this is an actual campaign.

Sorry, but no. It's a bunch of sound bytes and video clips cobbled together to look something like an ad.

I don't doubt the RIAA has considered DOING something like that, but the ad there is a fake. 'Tis a spoof.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 05:29pm

Mitth`raw`nuruodo wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:I know it's a low quality video not from the true RIAA website, but I assure you, this is an actual campaign.
Sorry, but no. It's a bunch of sound bytes and video clips cobbled together to look something like an ad.

I don't doubt the RIAA has considered DOING something like that, but the ad there is a fake. 'Tis a spoof.

You Americans and your lack of humour make me spit.

*Spits*

I know it's a spoof, I know it's an ad I saw ages back, but it just looked too tempting to post this newer one, because it soon will be the season to be merry and watch out for the elite MONKEY MEN DEATH SQUADS from the RIAA.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-11-01 05:32pm

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... nouncement

I already posted this not long ago and that should have a downloadable link.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-11-01 05:39pm

Valdermar's right. You guys are way too uptight.

*realizes what nationality he is*

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-11-01 05:40pm

I doubt the RIAA has the rights to the soundtrack to 2001, as that is where the music for the begining lines was from.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 05:40pm

A mod can lock and/or delete this if it has already served its somewhat limited purpose.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-01 05:49pm

There is no way in hell that an ad depicting someone's throat being slit would air...

Funny though.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 05:51pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:There is no way in hell that an ad depicting someone's throat being slit would air...

Funny though.

The thing is, a lot of people seem to see the RIAA doing this.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-01 05:52pm

What? How do you mean?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 05:58pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:What? How do you mean?

The MT.com forums, there's a load that think this is real or that the RIAA are evil enough to do this in real life.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-01 06:02pm

That's impossible. The RIAA isn't even a government agency: they're just a commercial organisation.

Tell those idiots that putting a plastic bag over their heads should work better than a tinfoil helmet.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 06:08pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:That's impossible. The RIAA isn't even a government agency: they're just a commercial organisation.

Tell those idiots that putting a plastic bag over their heads should work better than a tinfoil helmet.

I would do, but it's too funny to stop now.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-11-01 06:14pm

No way that's a real ad, RIAA doesn't employ demon Gestapo.

They're IMP Gestapo.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-11-01 07:23pm

Once they got to the home invasion, I realized it was fake. That would probably be too gory to air as a commercial on TV without people complaining.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-11-01 07:47pm

I found it strange that everyone was dressed in styles from the 1980s...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-01 07:48pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I found it strange that everyone was dressed in styles from the 1980s...

It's from a movie.

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-11-01 10:13pm

That thing has been on my computer for a while, its pretty funny. What movie is the nazi orc thing from anyway?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-01 10:23pm

Jadeite wrote:That thing has been on my computer for a while, its pretty funny. What movie is the nazi orc thing from anyway?

An eighties era MPAA anti-piracy film.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-01 10:28pm

Are you sure? Because that doesn't look like something the MPAA would have done in the 80s when they were bitching and whining about the home video market. That kind of violence wouldn't have been in something like that, and the MPAA wouldn't have made an anti-piracy film, either.

It just looks like some mid 80s horror movie or something. Kinda Troma-ish junk that was filmed by the metric ton by smaller studios.