The Lost Joy of Music Piracy
2026-07-16 20:42 UTC
Replies (8)
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@Algernon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-16 21:09
Amazing article, just super cool. Somehow I never knew that site. Thanks for that.
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@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-16 22:56
So good!! It is enjoyable. People just have No idea nowadays.
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@Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 2026-07-17 01:32
What a great read. I was going to try the what.cd interview one day but never got there. Now I wish I had just to experience what it must have been.
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@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-17 03:03
Ngl, once I had stable internet access, and the ability to burn discs, I went full pirate. I methodically downloaded every album I could never afford, copies of the ones I bought, and then started discovering new artists (many of whom I eventually bought stuff of). Once I got an iPod, I was happy as a pig in slops. What could be better than carrying ten times the music that would fit in my biggest realistically portable cd carrier? And it was pocket size!
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@greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2026-07-17 03:07
Man this makes me nostalgic for the old internet… Is it the song you want or is it something very different? Or does it have some hidden virus? You won’t know until tomorrow because dial up takes forever! I know I’m in the wrong place to say this but, I don’t even know how to do that anymore. Spotify spoiled me. Now it’s hot garbage. I should’ve never given up owning my media.
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@audaxdreik@pawb.social 2026-07-17 08:45
I remember downloading a copy of King Missile’s Detachable Penis incorrectly credited to The Flaming Lips. Like … I must’ve known it wasn’t them, but it sat on my Flaming Lips playlist for years and I just assumed it was something from their earlier, weirder 80’s days. I remember talking about this on a message board once before and like 3 other people chimed in with this exact same song, apparently it was a bit of a thing. Probably just one person’s mistake, but the internet felt a lot smaller back then and it’s not surprising it would’ve propagated like that.
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@bunkyprewster@startrek.website 2026-07-17 03:55
Some of my favorite music today, is odd stuff I found on Napster. Got me into sea chanties
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@Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-18 14:51
“oink me” - that’s a fun website name, I like it