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kleinbl00 · 1941 days ago · link · · parent · post: A nostalgic look back at digital music piracy in the 2000s
- Oink: 2003 - Demonoid: 2004 - The Pirate Bay: 2003 Sony was busted leaking releases on Oink ahead of publication to get hits into the hands of taste-makers and Trent Reznor called Oink "the world's greatest record store." Torrents didn't really take off among the tasteless wannabes looking to download Britney Spears and Nickelback but for those who were passionate about music, Napster and Limewire were primarily venues to download someone else's viruses and troglodytic ID3 schema.