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[–] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Filesharing pre-dates the web.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah.

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

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

Sorry grandpa. All your friends are dead.