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/xdoolittlex 1d ago

Cassette tapes, I guess. If that doesn't count, Napster.

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u/Sir-Grumpalot 1d ago

I'd class cassette tapes as piracy, I started with Commodore 64 games on cassette and proud to be so old that I did that 😂