🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 29 天前Anon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up11.47Karrow-down126
arrow-up11.44Karrow-down1external-linkAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 29 天前message-square213fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down2·edit-229 天前2007? Anon is a sweet summer child.
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·29 天前I’ll say. I was sailing the seas back in the late '90s. By 2007, I had amassed quite a hoard of treasure.
minus-squareshawn1122@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·29 天前Motherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·29 天前Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·28 天前OP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.
minus-squarePagPag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·28 天前Add LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·28 天前Even before that, BBS, WaReZ sites, IRC. Dialup internet wasn’t a problem when RAR files could be split up for a release.
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·28 天前IRC was a wild level of automated for its time too
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 天前There was even search terms for finding open servers on search engines such as: “parent-of” “open-directory” MP3 AVI etc
2007? Anon is a sweet summer child.
I’ll say. I was sailing the seas back in the late '90s. By 2007, I had amassed quite a hoard of treasure.
Motherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.
Nah, AudioGalaxy. Or DALnet.
eDonkey
Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.
FTPs
One word. Usenet
The first rule of Usenet is….
OP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.
Add LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.
Even before that, BBS, WaReZ sites, IRC. Dialup internet wasn’t a problem when RAR files could be split up for a release.
IRC was a wild level of automated for its time too
Shared drives on a LAN!
There was even search terms for finding open servers on search engines such as: “parent-of” “open-directory” MP3 AVI etc