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OP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.

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Even before that, BBS, WaReZ sites, IRC. Dialup internet wasn’t a problem when RAR files could be split up for a release.

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IRC was a wild level of automated for its time too

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Shared drives on a LAN!

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Add LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.

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There was even search terms for finding open servers on search engines such as: “parent-of” “open-directory” MP3 AVI etc

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