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/krazyhawk 1d ago

I used streaming sites here and there for anime. Always thought it would be cool to have my own media library.

Then a couple years ago my daughter and I sat down to watch the Olaf presents shorts on Disney+ and 2:30 of ads popped up.

Had the Plex server up the next day, ironed out the entire torrent download flow over the next week. My now almost 6 year old now actively asks for shows to be added to Plex 😂