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fjtorres · 10-28-2012, 08:51 PM

That is pretty much how software piracy started: back in the early 80's pirate sites were dial-up bulletin boards accessible only by those who got the phone number and password from the operator and/or an existing member. You had to know somebody who knew somebody.
And the "price" of download rights was uploads, usually measured in bytes worth of content.

10-28-2012, 08:51 PM	#2
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	That is pretty much how software piracy started: back in the early 80's pirate sites were dial-up bulletin boards accessible only by those who got the phone number and password from the operator and/or an existing member. You had to know somebody who knew somebody. And the "price" of download rights was uploads, usually measured in bytes worth of content.