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People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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I remember the golden age of the DVD Man. That noble soul who had all the latest movies on DVD a day after they opened. Quality ranged from someone recording the movie in the theater with a camcorder to perfect copies taken directly from the source.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had a friend who put himself through college this way.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had a friend who got in trouble with the FBI this way.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Same! He got lucky and just lost his shit though, didn't get put in prison. He had a pretty big operation going, with distributors and everything. I typically downloaded the content for him, luckily for me he kept his trap shut.