🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agoAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square209linkfedilinkarrow-up11.5Karrow-down127
arrow-up11.47Karrow-down1imageAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agomessage-square209linkfedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down2·edit-25 months ago2007? Anon is a sweet summer child.
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·5 months 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-up38·5 months agoMotherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoDo not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.
minus-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoThe first rule of Usenet is….
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·5 months agoOP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.
minus-squarePagPag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·5 months agoAdd LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 months 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-up8·5 months agoIRC was a wild level of automated for its time too
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months 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Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.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