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The picture in the article shows a small minivan. But a lot of them were actual huge tourist busses "converted" to mobile movie theaters. 100's of huge busses a

by readhn 8y ago

The picture in the article shows a small minivan. But a lot of them were actual huge tourist busses "converted" to mobile movie theaters. 100's of huge busses all over the country showing "Terminator", "Rambo First blood" etc."Converted" as in they used already built in bus TV's to show movies , some had larger screens though. Up until late 1990's there were huge open air bootleg markets in Moscow. All of the newest American movies were available there on VHS often the day of the release (or even before the official release in USA! directors cut/pre-view copies were illegally sold by Hollywood insiders to the video pirates for undisclosed amounts of money on the black market). One could buy any newest VHS or CD release for $1. Any computer software - Windows, Mac, Office - anything was available for pennies. All latest stuff illegally pirated/imported straight from California tech hub. A lot of Americans/foreigners loaded up on pirated movies, software and music there every weekend. $20 would get you a dosen latest release movies and a bunch of newest CD's. That was the golden age of piracy. some fun photos from back then: https://pastvu.com/_p/d/b/c/k/bckpfvzzrnr6ciixto.jpg https://pastvu.com/_p/d/b/c/k/bckpfvzzrnr6ciixto.jpg https://pastvu.com/_p/a/1/5/9/15910ecqs8boyjgao4.jpg https://pastvu.com/_p/a/1/5/9/15910ecqs8boyjgao4.jpg https://pastvu.com/_p/a/4/d/1/4d1zuxoht8euiaykam.jpg https://pastvu.com/_p/a/4/d/1/4d1zuxoht8euiaykam.jpg http://osapple.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/37fc6281ac3683c27df752bf9f8ec1af.jpg http://osapple.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/37fc6281ac3683c... https://pastvu.com/_p/a/6/7/1/6715b7f1f96c3456f3e5dacf1bdc8f15.jpg https://pastvu.com/_p/a/6/7/1/6715b7f1f96c3456f3e5dacf1bdc8f... https://www.calvertjournal.com/images/uploads/embeddable_slideshows/Markets/Gorbushka/_large_crop/4.jpg https://www.calvertjournal.com/images/uploads/embeddable_sli... http://visualrian.ru/images/old_preview/54/28/542840_preview.jpg http://visualrian.ru/images/old_preview/54/28/542840_preview... http://leonpar.narod.ru/2.jpg http://leonpar.narod.ru/2.jpg http://movie-club.ru/pictures/f8/gorbushka/gorbushka_006.jpg http://movie-club.ru/pictures/f8/gorbushka/gorbushka_006.jpg

ohithereyou 8y ago
I grew up in the US in the middle of nowhere but within the shadow of a larger town. There was a small flea market that had a few stalls that carried stuff like this, but nothing on this scale. Everything old is new again - I look at these pictures and I think of how big private BitTorrent trackers are with their curation, discovery, and exchange of materials. If you factor in the blank discs used for burning things, it works out to about $1 to turn a set of FLACs into a CD with a cue sheet, so the economics are the same even though the distribution is all online now.

by readhn 8y ago

ohithereyou 8y ago

I grew up in the US in the middle of nowhere but within the shadow of a larger town. There was a small flea market that had a few stalls that carried stuff like this, but nothing on this scale. Everything old is new again - I look at these pictures and I think of how big private BitTorrent trackers are with their curation, discovery, and exchange of materials. If you factor in the blank discs used for burning things, it works out to about $1 to turn a set of FLACs into a CD with a cue sheet, so the economics are the same even though the distribution is all online now.