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[–] 8 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

Filesharing pre-dates the web.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    I mean, technically - the internet and computers run on copying functions. On the Internet, it literally reads a file from a computer system (or a database entry), and on a computer, the MOV assembly operation copies memory between registers and RAM.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Oh, yeah.

    But I mean piracy filesharing. That was already popular on dial-in BBSes in the 80s.

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