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Anon gives a piracy history lesson (lemmy.nz)

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[-] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Filesharing pre-dates the web.

[-] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, technically - the internet and computers run on copying functions. On the Internet, it literally reads a file from a computer system (or a database entry), and on a computer, the MOV assembly operation copies memory between registers and RAM.

[-] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

Oh, yeah.

But I mean piracy filesharing. That was already popular on dial-in BBSes in the 80s.

[-] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Fidonet anyone?

[-] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Sorry grandpa. All your friends are dead.

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