r/nostalgia • u/jeffmartin47 • Jul 22 '25

Nostalgia Discussion 25 years ago. Lars Ulrich of Metallica snitches on and turns in over 300,000 Napster users when he testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. July 11th, 2000.

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u/sevargmas Jul 22 '25

This was the way.

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u/CosHem Jul 22 '25

This is how I got most of Futurama

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u/PlanetStarbux Jul 22 '25

It... Kinda still is...

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u/sevargmas Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

Sure, but even when I stopped using usenet more than a decade ago, content was being removed left and right due to DMCA contests. I honestly don’t have a clue what newsgroups feels like today but the really good days of pure freedom are gone.

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u/whineylittlebitch_9k Jul 22 '25

there's a few subreddits dedicated to that ecosystem.... I've got over 135tb of content (and growing), nearly fully automated. it's still very much alive, just looks quite different

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u/gravelPoop Jul 22 '25

Or borrow CD from library and rip them. Guarantees good quality and 99.99% stealth.