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1) These four images, when looked at together, appear as if they all could have been produced at the same time by the same outlet. On first glance, it is difficult to determine which images come from the RIAA and which come from their opponents. All feature the same pirate imagery, either through the black and white color scheme, the skull and crossbones symbolism, or both. It is only with the text that the true meanings of each image are illuminated, which is an interesting point, and one that goes against the recommendation of Helmers to first analyze and image WITHOUT text.

2) The first image was a part of the campaign by the British Phonographic Institute in the 1980s, as they went to war against the alleged copyright infringement created by the cassette tape technology. Tapes allowed people to easily copy music, either by taping pieces of their own record collection onto a compilation (the mix tape phenomenon), taping songs off the radio, or copying friends' albums. The BPI felt threatened by this trend and thought it would render their distribution model obsolete, so they rejected it. Of course, history has shown that the mix tape idea actually helped to grow artists' fanbases, and the BPI campaign is now viewed as an extremely hyperbolic movement, this image and slogan leading the charge. The third image uses the same wording and similar imagery