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Anon gives a piracy history lesson (lemmy.nz)

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[-] trebach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

There was plenty of it going on around here. Even after Napster was taken down, there was Kazaa, Limewire, and your choice of Gnutella client. It was mostly us downloading stuff to listen to on the bus because high speed internet was rare unless you were in a city.

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