Comment on Anon gives a piracy history lesson

• 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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