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DEF CON 18 - Jason Scott - You're Stealing It Wrong! 30 Years of Inter-Pirate Battles

DEFCONConference · 60.1K views · 2013-11-08 · 55:59

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Jason Scott's DEF CON 18 talk tells the history of software piracy over thirty years, centered on the feuds and drama among rival warez groups. It is full of archival material and insider lingo.

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HN brings it up in threads on warez, cracktros and the demoscene as a funny, informative history of the piracy scene.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2014–2025

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alnwlsn · 2025-03 · Strong recommendation

Related, and a personal favorite of mine: DEF CON 18 - Jason Scott - You're Stealing It Wrong! 30 Years of Inter-Pirate Battles [VIDEO]

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patrickyeon · 2014-06 · Recommendation

As CountHackulus says, basically "drama". If it amuses you for some reason, you might want to check out "Jason Scott - You're Stealing It Wrong! 30 Years of Inter-Pirate Battles" from Defcon 18. [VIDEO] The meat of the talk starts around 24min. edit: while re-watching, I should warn you lots of foul language and some NSFW imagery

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RobGR · 2021-03 · Reference

Reminds me of this presentation by Jason Scott, examples around the 24:00 min mark: [VIDEO] Jason has a similar ( maybe the same ? ) Defcon talk, in which the goons apparently mis-schedule something and he starts in, is told someone else is going to present, and just power-speeds through the whole presentation in 3 minutes while the other presenter gets ready. I can't find that video though.

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