Does your mental model of human behavior explain the 2000s warez scene? • Competition to leak high profile albums • High risk of prison • Not for profit! • Against rules to share leaks outside The Scene • Not about love for music. They leaked the SpongeBob movie soundtrack
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Basically, two of the top Scene members tried to leave in 2007 but couldn't escape the urge to keep leaking. They started up again, anonymously.
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Followup conundrum from the same book. Why were people *paying* to use a private torrent tracker?https://twitter.com/backus/status/1025559220836429826?s=21 …
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what book?
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Source?
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Yeah it is a great book. I bought it last night and I'm almost done. Sent the author an email to let him know I thought the book is really well written
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Where is this from? There’s actual books written on the 00s warez scene? I’d LOVE to read more about it
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How Music Got Free by
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Thanks!
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