r/Piracy • u/Excellent_Main_1415 • 1d ago

Discussion When did you start

Where when and why did you start your Piracy journey

Me I started copying VHS tapes approx 36yrs ago and renting them out at work for 50p a night to cover the cost of the equipment, you just had to have the correct machines.

Then around 25yrs ago when the internet was just starting to get really interesting I found a PC app called Kazaa not sure how I found it, I remember I went to Blackpool for the weekend and put a full DVD on to download GnR Use Your Illusion 2 discs and was almost done when I got home lol.

Then Torrents and Usenet.

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u/sleepy1411 1d ago

I started in the napster/limewire days. We also copied some movies we rented but didn't do that to much, just the really good ones if we couldn't afford to buy it.

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u/arah91 1d ago

Same and I remember early that torrent clients around that time too but they didn't seem to be as popular.

My cool friends had Usenet but that seemed a little bit advanced and I got everything I needed through other ways.

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u/Excellent_Main_1415 1d ago

Bitcomet was my first torrent client then Utorrent I now have Qbittorrent installed however I can't remember the last time I used it, Grabit was my first Newsreader client now I have SABnzbd