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Re:How Indian lawyers, scientists gave Sci-Hub its first leg... by martin_a on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:51AM (#28594407)
I don't think that matters.

Everybody had a bunch (or thousands) of MP3s because mobile phones weren't a thing, fast mobile connections weren't a thing and there was simply no infrastructure to have something like Spotify.

If we'd have Spotify with everything in 2003, we would not swap hard drives in school breaks.

Re:How Indian lawyers, scientists gave Sci-Hub its first leg... by jazzyjackson on Monday September 20, 2021 @04:38PM (#28598686)
I was a subscriber to “Yahoo music unlimited” in 2005 and transferred my DRM’d WMA files to a zen micro with a 4GB spinning disc.

granted, i never met anyone else at school doing the same thing.