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> They assumed every time someone rented a movie, they copied it. That’s because they did! In my experience at least. I also remember when duplicating a tape a
by softwarebeware 5y ago
> They assumed every time someone rented a movie, they copied it.
That’s because they did! In my experience at least. I also remember when duplicating a tape at home with two VCRs stopped working, because they scrambled the signal somehow.
- acomjean 5y agoWe tried copying them too back when I was young. It didn't work. a friend got a "super vhs" and we figured, we'd try that. no dice. Not having the internet at the time, we couldn't figure it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Protection_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Protection_System https://hackaday.com/2018/05/27/rolling-old-school-with-copy-protection-from-the-1980s/ https://hackaday.com/2018/05/27/rolling-old-school-with-copy... not like audio tapes, where they were making cassette decks with for 2 tapes and 1 button copying (some had a 2x button to copy twice as fast..)