Comment by SllX

14 hours ago

Predates the Mac mini (tagline: The most affordable Mac ever.) by a good few years—predates the iPod even—but it was an Apple ad campaign:

https://youtu.be/K0ZWuhcM7t4

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Apples-Rip-Mix-Burn-camp...

You can’t really call it a pro-piracy message though. Ripping implies you have the original CD already.

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rusk  6 hours ago

> You can’t really call it a pro-piracy message though.

Of course not. That would probably infringe on advertising standards. But it is the clear implication.

  • SllX  5 hours ago

    It’s really not. Ripping a CD is just copying the tracks to your computer. It says & implies nothing about sharing them on Napster.