On piracy, outsider digital communities, and making things for free

Each and every Millennial probably has a unique experience of their own digital awakening, given our coming of age alongside the world-wide web.

For me, it was the introduction to the Warez Scene. Around 1999 or possibly 2000, decades removed from first BBS file sharing boards, and even after P2P sites like Napster and Limewire had began to reach the public consiousness and kids my age (myself included) were downloading crappy CD rips, I was introduced to a P2P sharing service called Hotline. It was a server-based