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kleinbl00 · 1937 days ago · link · · parent · post: A nostalgic look back at digital music piracy in the 2000s
I was trading MP3s in 1996 on mailing lists and newsgroups. I switched straight to Oink in 2003. Napster was what the guy in the checkout at Circuit City recommended and Kazaa was where my buddy downloaded a virus that shitcanned his computer. And I'm not weird. Yeah - Napster/Limewire were definitely where the people who didn't know anybody spent their time. But Oink was the one taken down by the IFPI. It made the front page of USA Today. And regardless of how important or unimportant you feel the torrenting community to be, go ahead and ctrl-f "torrent" on that article.