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Anon gives a piracy history lesson (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] bilb@lem.monster 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Napster was a household name and made mp3 piracy mainstream in 1999!

[–] OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The golden days of the net 🥲

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

People were pirating games over bbs in the 80s. I have a shoebox of 5.25" floppies for the commodore 64 with hand written labels.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Don't copy that floppy