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[โ€“] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No wonder piracy was so popular

[โ€“] noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

1999 piracy mostly consisted of paying for a pirated copy that someone decided to make profit off; most likely, they weren't the person to make the (first!) copy, and they're not even sure what's on the thing they were selling you. It was mostly bootlegging.