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Re:Video piracy was hardly a crime in 1982 by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @12:34PM (#21586148)
> Apparently there was a whole informal trading ring of tapes amongst the teenage employees and the rich yuppies in their 30s (my parents and their friends).

My parents were not rich yuppies by any stretch, but were also part of a similar video cassette trading ring. They were probably really common.

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Re:Video piracy was hardly a crime in 1982 by filmgirlcw on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @05:15PM (#21589177)
Totally — I was more referring to the segment of people that had not one but two VCRs in 1983 in order to facility the copying, not the broader network of traders.
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