Indian Government Uses Comic Book to Scare Kids From Piracy

Tom Goldman

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Indian Government Uses Comic Book to Scare Kids From Piracy



The Indian government is hoping to reduce internet piracy by distributing a comic book to kids throughout the country.

Bollywood has had enough of this newfangled internet piracy jazz, and is hoping to teach kids the dangers of downloading movies without paying for them while they're young. The Indian government's new Bollywood-Hollywood anti-piracy coalition recently announced the nationwide launch of a comic book called Escape from Terror Byte City that attempts to show kids why piracy is a bad idea.

Escape from Terror Byte City is a New Zealand comic that will be translated into Hindi, Marathi and English for distribution across India. The government is targeting children aged 5 to 10 and has plans to carpet bomb schools, malls, and multiplexes with 10,000 copies of the officially government endorsed book. The Motion Picture Dist. Association of India hopes to eventually have the comic in every Indian school.

Escape from Terror Byte City imparts the epic tale of two young, innocent boys that download Transformers without transferring funds to the official owner, producer, or distributor of the intellectual property. Due to their criminal act, they get trapped in the virtual Terror Byte City where weird little demons tempt them to download more illegal goods. There, they meet a magical internet security knight who tells them the errors of their ways. He then gives the children superpowers and they disinfect the entire internet.

Rather than educating kids about the illegalities of internet piracy, Escape from Terror Byte City warns/scares them about the dangers of viruses, trojans, and the possibility of outsiders gaining access to personal information. The comic can be read online here [http://www.nzfact.co.nz/press_releases/Escape%20from%20Terror%20Byte%20City.pdf]. Remember kids, don't download movies unless you want to get sucked into a computer to become an awesome virtual internet knight.

Via: Bleeding Cool [http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/05/25/anti-piracy-comic-launched-in-india/]

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Jared

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Well, its certainly a unique method to deal with piracy...Well, time will tell if it will actually do something
 

Katherine Kerensky

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This is my favourite part: "The government is targeting children aged 5 to 10 and has plans to carpet bomb schools, malls, and multiplexes"
Although the comic does sound... interesting...
 

Beltom

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So... if we download stuff off the internet we get to fight alongside anti-virus software soldiers killing the personification of malware?

Be right back, I need to find a torrent site.

This campaign probably won't end well.
 

Deofuta

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I feel that the idea skirts the point a bit. Wouldn't it be easier just to see them get in trouble with the law? I would most certainly be scared shitless when I was younger.
 

ProfessorLayton

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Tom Goldman said:
Remember kids, don't download movies unless you want to get sucked into a computer to become an awesome virtual internet knight.
For reals? I'm going to download the entire Metallica Discography now!

That was a joke. I really don't think this will work. Mainly because NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER WORKED. I mean, you wouldn't download a car, right?
 

soapyshooter

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Deofuta said:
I feel that the idea skirts the point a bit. Wouldn't it be easier just to see them get in trouble with the law? I would most certainly be scared shitless when I was younger.
True, if i was the government i would tell kids the gov't has way to track people who download illegally and that they would arrest you . Thats true to a certain point. That would've scared me shitless. But then again its devious, i suggest because i am a power hungry S.O.B
 

hazabaza1

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Tom Goldman said:
Remember kids, don't download movies unless you want to get sucked into a computer to become an awesome virtual internet knight.
Well, fuck my anti piracy rule, find me something to download!
[sub]It's a joke, don't ban me[/sub]
 

edthehyena

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Everything I would say about this was said better in the South Park episode "My Future Self and Me". Or the musical "Reefer Madness". Scare tactics are just dumb.
 

Gitty101

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That, in a word, is awesome! TerrorBite City! I can think of worse ways to inform people of piracy an its dangers...
 

Dok Zombie

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Well, I hope the aspiring cartoonist that helped to create this isn't too bothered by the threat of never being taken seriously artistically within the comics industry...
 

Ghost

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MurderousToaster said:

I believe this fits.
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It would be hilarious if this Comic became the most pirated thing of 2010, which will probably become a Facebook group or something.
 

Warachia

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I think I'll read it online for free, then I think I will save the images, and use quotes without referencing the original material. Later, possibly ten years down the road, I might repost the comic after everyone's forgotten it, and claim it as my own.
 

Lou

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Well at least it's better then state-wide observation (As in "Big brother is watching you").



Also, win comment from Tom Goldman =p
Tom Goldman said:
Remember kids, don't download movies unless you want to get sucked into a computer to become an awesome virtual internet knight.