Wednesday Fun Video: 1984 Gets DoubleTwist’ed

DVD Jon, who gained fame and notoriety for cracking DVD and iTunes encryption, has since devoted a lot of his time and energy into DoubleTwist, and iTunes replacement. The above video is, of course, a parody of Apple’s anti-IBM “big brother” commercial that aired during the 1984 SuperBowl, this time recasting Apple — and Steve Jobs — as “big brother” and intimating they’ve become what they once mocked. All this by way of promoting the next release of DoubleTwist for Mac, coming Oct. 6.

TechCrunch has a few more details, while Fake Steve, in much harsher language, calls him a remora.

Still, we’ll be interested to see what they have coming, as no doubt will Palm Pre users

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8 Responses to “Wednesday Fun Video: 1984 Gets DoubleTwist’ed”

  1. BBYM Says:

    KIND OF FUNNY.

  2. Joe McG Says:

    It’s Wednesday, but the video is still fun

  3. fastlane Says:

    DoubleTwist? :lol:

    No thanks, I think I’ll keep iTunes. :roll:

  4. Angel Says:

    How is this choice when it looks exactly the same?

    I imagine the Apple lawyers will come a knocking.

  5. Rene Ritchie Says:

    D’oh, wrote it up last night and didn’t make the mental switch. Apologies and title fixed!

  6. SheiknetChris Says:

    I love when the credits are almost as long as the video ;-)

  7. icebike Says:

    I wonder if he is getting under-the-radar backing from Palm.

    From their FAQ:

    Supported Devices

    doubleTwist enables you to manage a wide variety of phones, MP3 players, cameras and camcorders. We add support for new devices everyday so please check back frequently.

    * BlackBerry - We have many happy BlackBerry users and support all the recent BlackBerry models such as the Curve, Pearl, Storm, Bold and Flip.
    * Sony PSP - Use doubleTwist to automatically convert your videos and sync them to your PSP; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
    * Palm Pre - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Palm Pre; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
    * Archos 605 - sync your videos, iTunes playlists and photos. Other Archos models should work as well.
    * INQ1, INQ Mini and INQ Chat - sync your videos, iTunes playlists and photos to your INQ phone!
    * G1 and Magic Android phones - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Android phone; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
    * Nokia N & E Series phones, including the N95, E61i, E62, and many others such as the 5800 XpressMusic- automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Nokia; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
    * Sony Ericsson Walkman & Cybershot phones
    * Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0 platform (e.g. Treo, HTC, Samsung) -- currently PC only, will be available for the Mac very soon - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Windows Mobile; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
    * LG Viewty and Shine - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your LG; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
    * Motorola (V9 and V3xx) and most Razr phones
    * Sansa View and Sansa e200 series
    * Amazon Kindle - sync audio files to your Kindle
    * iPhone with 2.0 firmware - load your iPhone with movies and let doubleTwist make the necessary conversions; iTunes playlists are also supported (PC only but Mac coming soon, 3.0 firmware not supported yet)
    * iPod - load your iPod with movies and let doubleTwist make the necessary conversions; iTunes playlists are also supported (PC only but Mac coming soon)
    * Nintendo DSi - coming soon! Load your DSi with music and let doubletwist do the necessary conversions
    * Most digital cameras
    * Most flash-memory-based camcorders are supported
    
  8. BeenThere Says:

    The Simpsons did the same thing with last years “Mypods and Booksticks” episode.

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