I'm back, I'm back, it's me, DP
Digital Protector for creativity
Don't Copy That Floppy was when floppies were new
Now we copy much more than floppies could do
Digital Protector for creativity
Don't Copy That Floppy was when floppies were new
Now we copy much more than floppies could do
— Digital Protector in the first four verses
Don't Copy That 2 is the 2009 sequel to the advertisement called Don't Copy That Floppy. This time, it's about Jason, a freshman who copies films, games and apps and sells them for money, and Disk Protector (now renamed Digital Protector) sings about how the consequences that'll happen directly to the pirate.
This advertisement provides examples of:
- Adaptation Name Change: DP now stands for "Digital Protector", not "Disc Protector".
- Artistic License – Law: Downloading content from the Internet isn't punishable by a police squadron breaking into your home and hauling you off to jail, rather it's the piracy website operators who usually get punished and even they wouldn't get a squadron knocking at their door.
- All Just a Dream: Jason was only dreaming he went to jail. Or Was It a Dream?, since he then sees Digital Protector on the TV in jail, then he sees himself in jail back on the monitor. It's not really explained.
- Cool Shades: Digital Protector now wears them to go with his hat. Doubles as Sunglasses at Night, as all scenes are either darkly lit or show a night-time urban environment.
- Crossover: With Star Trek, via the two Klingons who randomly show up at one point and are later seen dancing rather awkwardly alongside DP.
- Darker and Edgier: The music and night-time set-pieces give off a more oppressive feeling, the message has gone from how piracy affects the game industry to how it affects you, and Jason ends up going to jail and getting abused by his jailmates (even if it was just a dream).
- Digital Piracy Is Evil: Still the main message, though now it's more how you'll go to jail for being a pirate. Of particular note are the inmates of the prison, who seem to regard software pirates as akin to known snitches or criminals guilty of far worse crimes.
- Meaningful Rename: Disk Protector is now Digital Protector since piracy isn't really about disks anymore.
- Misplaced Retribution: Usually when it comes to online piracy, it's the pirate website operators and media distributors who get charged and prosecuted, not the individuals who merely downloaded the media from them.
- Numbered Sequel: Has a "2" in its title to denote it as a sequel to Don't Copy That Floppy.
- Pariah Prisoner: According to DP, software pirates sent to jail will be distrusted and bullied by the inmates. Notably, the prisoners in the video treat Jason perfectly fine at first, even commissioning him for tattoo artwork, until the moment they realize he's a pirate.
- Scare 'Em Straight: In contrast to the original, which centered around a polite moral Aesop, Don't Copy That 2 threatens to have digital pirates and their customers thrown in jail.
- Skewed Priorities: The SWAT Team. They have better things to do like catch domestic terrorists, mass shooters, serial killers, kidnappers, human traffickers, drug black markets, prostitution rings, and yet they send a whole squadron on tracking down online pirates! Misuse of a computer is apparently more important to Digital Protector than misuse of a firearm, rope, knife, lethal chemicals, drugs, etc.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In the first "Don't Copy!" video, DP simply appealed to the kids' morals, asking them to consider spending money on computer games they enjoy to compensate the teams of programmers who worked hard to make them. Here? He threatens and gloats that the teenage pirates and their families will get chased down by SWAT teams, thrown in prison and abused by the inmates.
