🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 11 days agoAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up11.42Karrow-down123
arrow-up11.39Karrow-down1external-linkAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 11 days agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down2·edit-211 days ago2007? Anon is a sweet summer child.
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·11 days 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-up37·11 days agoMotherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 days agoDo not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·11 days agoOP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.
minus-squarePagPag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 days agoAdd LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·11 days 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-up8·11 days agoIRC was a wild level of automated for its time too
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days 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Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.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