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Corey and Jenny are playing a video game.

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The video for the campaign, starring M.E. Hart as “MC Double Def DP,” was filmed at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. and produced by cooperation between the SPA, the Educational Section Anti-Piracy Committee, and the Copyright Protection Fund, in association with Vilardi Films.^{[citation needed]} For other uses, see Video (disambiguation). ... M.E. Hart. ... Cardozo Senior High School is a secondary school at 13th and Clifton Street in northwest Washington, D.C. Cardozo is operated by District of Columbia Public Schools. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...

Synopsis

The “Disk Protector” showing the title of the campaign during the "rap" portion of the video.

Two teenagers, Jenny (played by Marja Allen) and Corey (played by Jimmy Todd), are playing a game on a classroom computer. Corey is exuberantly pushing keys to show the viewer that he is heavily immersed in the game action; Jenny is beating him. Frustrated, he asks for a rematch, but she has an upcoming class and must leave. He decides he will copy the game so that he can play it at home. Upon inserting his blank floppy disk into the Apple Macintosh LC a video pops up on the computer. This video is of a rapper named MC Double Def DP the "Disk Protector". The DP’s role is instructional and his method of lecture is a hip-hop style song and dance. ImageMetadata File history File links Dontcopythatfloppy. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Dontcopythatfloppy. ... Namcos Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games ever made. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ... Apple Inc. ... Macintosh LC pizza box computer, circa 1990. ... Rap redirects here. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...

The point of the video is the message that copyright infringement of software will cause the computer and video game industry to lose profit, resulting in halted production of further computer games. (The games the video chooses as examples—The Oregon Trail, Tetris, and the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? series—were widely copied,^{[citation needed]} but also among the most successful and bestselling games of the late-1980s to mid-1990s). The copyright infringement of software (also known as software piracy) refers to several practices when done without the permission of the copyright holder: Creating a copy and/or selling it. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The Oregon Trail is an educational computer game developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by MECC in 1974. ... Tetris (Russian: ) is a falling-blocks puzzle video game, released on a large spectrum of platforms. ... Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is the title of several edutainment computer games in the Carmen Sandiego series that teach geography. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

The rap video portion is interspersed with interviews of artists, writers, programmers and a lawyer. These people are the staff responsible for design of an early version of the game Neverwinter Nights (then an America Online MMORPG) and allows them to explain the issue in greater detail: Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Graphics are often utilitarian and anonymous,[1] as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. ... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A game programmer is a software engineer who primarily develops computer or video games or related software (such as game development tools). ... For the fish called lawyer, see Burbot. ... This article is about the AOL MMORPG. For the 2002 computer role-playing game, see Neverwinter Nights. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ...

• Craig Dykstra—America Online—Manager Developer Support
• Dave Butler—America Online— Director Platform Software Development
• Janet Hunter—America Online—Senior Systems Analyst
• Ilene Rosenthal—Software Publishers Association—Attorney.

They explain how games are made, indicating that creating a game can involve 20 to 30 people integrating the various parts, and working on documentation, technical support, and marketing. The point they try to raise is that if sales are low, the authors may decide that the game is unpopular and stop making it. A project manager is the person who has the overall responsibility for the successful planning and execution of any project. ... Game development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Technical support (also tech support) is a range of services providing assistance with computer hardware, software, or other electronic or mechanical goods. ... The Technical Director (TD) or Technical Producer (TP) is usually the most senior technical person within a theatrical company or television studio. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... “Software development” redirects here. ... Seniority is the concept of a person or group being in charge or in command of another person or group. ... Systems analysis is the interdisciplinary branch of science, dealing with analysis of systems, often prior to their automation as computer systems, and the interactions within those systems. ... For information on the type of fish called Lawyer, see the article on Burbot. ... In general terms, documentation is any communicable material (such as text, video, audio, etc. ... Next big thing redirects here. ...

At the end of the video the DP fades away, leaving the children to decide for themselves whether they will copy the floppy—they decide against it. Corey, who has some money left over from his summer job, decides that he will buy the game. Jenny agrees and notes that Corey’s game will come with a manual. Several manuals An instruction manual, in the context of computer and video games, is a booklet that instructs the player on how to play the game, gives descriptions of the controls and their effects, and shows a general outline of the concepts and goals of the game. ...

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