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For people in regions where US or European media wasn't officially distributed, these "indices" were the only window into global pop culture. The Impact on the Industry
Discussion forums and index sites were social hubs where users shared reviews and "seeds," turning media consumption into a participatory, albeit illicit, community event.
Sites like The Pirate Bay and protocols like BitTorrent were the primary "index" for entertainment. By 2008, P2P file sharing was so prevalent that it consumed a massive portion of global internet bandwidth.
