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RIPING OFF VIDEO STORES
 By: Maverick & Shades 
  Additions by: Style  
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Released March 17, 1987

Disclaimer: Doing this is illegal, and is presented for informational purposes
 only.  Use of this information for illegal purposes is the sole
 responsibility of the user, and we cannot be held responsible.


I. What you will need.

 A) A small Phillips (cross type 'X') screwdriver
 B) A steady hand
 C) A good excuse


II. What to do.

  First, go to a local video store and rent a movie you want to have forever.

  Unscrew the six or seven screws on the back of the video tape.  Being
 careful not to damage the tape, remove the back.
  There is alot more to tapes then you think, so be careful not to drop the
 little springs and small parts.  Pull out the two big reels which have the
 tape on them (set aside for later use).
  Steal or buy a cheap tape. It should be the same type (VHS or Beta) as the
 tape you rented. It should also be about the same length tape (If you rented
 'Gone With The Wind' [Long], don't get a thirty minute [Short] tape. That's
 just to make it look visually kosher and cool.)
  Remove the same things as mentioned above.  Now switch the tape casings
 around, and re-assemble.  You now have the movie you always wanted.

III. What not to do.

*Don't destroy the tape by opening wildly.
*Don't lose any of the small parts inside.

IV. A Good excuse.

  After renting the tape, go home and make the switch.  Go back to the video
 store and tell them the tape is blank or use your imagination.  If you don't
 tell them that, the next person who rents that tape will complain, and they
 will check and see who rented it last...

V. * Be careful - their are tabs (just like the write protect tabs on audio
 tapes or notches on floppy disks) on the side that say "If broken you must
 buy the tapes."

  Note: This method should be very helpful for people with only one video
 recorder, and/or don't have dubbing capablilities.  This should also be
 useful because they are (and have already) coming out with special video
 tapes that leave scratches on the tape to tell if you dubbed them!  And then
 the video rental store can -Prosecute- you for tape duplication.  For more
 information on that law, just read the 'FBI Warning' at the beginning of a
 video tape.  The law is currently the equivalent of ripping the label off a
 mattress, but stronger laws are being processed.


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