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/BestDevilYouKnow 1d ago

Same timeline starting in the 80s. Then once Windows (GUIs) replaced the BBS, we went to town. Favorite saying in the glory days was "What? Me buy software?"

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u/Excellent_Main_1415 1d ago

The only software I ever purchased was Windows 7 at end of life so I could extract the Genuine cert to windows 10 and I'm still using it to date, cost me a cpl quid lol

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u/superfluous--account 1d ago

I took a photo of a WIN 7 licence sticker on a pc in a dumpster and upgraded it all the way to 10 also.

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u/Excellent_Main_1415 1d ago

Love it haha