# Haven't we come a long way !

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208 "2006-01-30T15:23:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208/1 "2006-01-30T15:23:53Z")

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I just dug up this thread.

It just struck me as ‘funny’ to see a thread from 5 years ago where someone was willing to trade 29 mp3s 🙂

> **[Mp3 trading thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41885)**
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> seeing as Napster will soon be closing down, I thought we could try trading here. I have these Mp3s if anyone is interested: Aerosmith - Pink Theme - American Beauty Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA Counting Crows - Colorblind Counting Crows -...

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208/2 "2006-01-30T15:26:19Z")

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Kids these days swap hard drives like it’s gum.

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208/3 "2006-01-30T16:01:11Z")

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That was hilarious!

I had 29 singles. Then I turned five.

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208/4 "2006-01-30T17:45:41Z")

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How in the heck did he/she expect to ‘trade’ them?

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208/5 "2006-01-30T20:22:54Z")

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What I find curious is this:

> [@UncleBeer](#):
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> I’m posting this and locking this thread for now, so you’ll know why it disappears tomorrow when I delete it entirely. Please don’t do this again. Thank you.

And yet the thread is still there.

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**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208/6 "2006-01-30T23:15:38Z")

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Even back then they made fun of him for the small size of his… collection.

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**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-we-come-a-long-way/342208/7 "2006-01-31T08:31:29Z")

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I also liked

> [@](#):
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> It is the _official_ view of the Straight Dope® and the Chicago Reader® that MP3 trading is _likely_ a copyright infringement…

which seemed to indicate that some weren’t sure if sharinf mp3s was a bad thing or not.