🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up11.52Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.49Karrow-down1external-linkAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square211fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago2007? Anon is a sweet summer child.
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year agoI’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-up38·1 year agoMotherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoDo not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoOP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.
minus-squarePagPag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoAdd LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoEven 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-up8·1 year agoIRC was a wild level of automated for its time too
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThere 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Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.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