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Re:BitTorrent v2 by Semaphor on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @01:36AM (#24405486)
> earlier people ripped their own CDs, DVDs, magazine scans, digitized their VHS, recorded shows with their TV card etc. and shared these files.

For that, you want Direct Connect [0]. As a one sentence pitch: IRC for file sharing ;)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Connect_(protocol)

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Re:BitTorrent v2 by masklinn on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:29AM (#24409375)
Or just share magnet links over IRC….
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Re:BitTorrent v2 by mmm_grayons on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @02:00PM (#24410946)
There's still an XDCC warez scene, too. Most of the servers are hacked computers, though, and some people have ethical issues with that.
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