Comment on Anon gives a piracy history lesson

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ll say. I was sailing the seas back in the late '90s. By 2007, I had amassed quite a hoard of treasure.

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  • shawn1122@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Motherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.

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    • KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah, AudioGalaxy. Or DALnet.

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        eDonkey

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      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.

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  • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One word. Usenet

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    • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The first rule of Usenet is….

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• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  OP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.

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  • PagPag@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Add LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Even before that, BBS, WaReZ sites, IRC. Dialup internet wasn’t a problem when RAR files could be split up for a release.

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    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      IRC was a wild level of automated for its time too

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    • Sergio@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Shared drives on a LAN!

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  • Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There was even search terms for finding open servers on search engines such as: “parent-of” “open-directory” MP3 AVI etc

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