Piracy Textfiles: Courier Membership Lists and Introductions

Of of the more intruiging aspects of the microcomputer piracy subculture has been the rise of "Courier Groups", which are dedicated to the sole purpose of transporting pirated games from the groups that pirate to high-traffic web sites and BBSes, often available with a membership fee. This more shark-like piracy approach rose in the early 1990s with the PC world, and by the middle of the decade, it was an established near-industry.


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Description of the Textfile
9kc0195.nfo 6123
9000 COURIERS: Introduction, Cast List, BBS List, Ad
9kc0594.nfo 5991
9000 COURIERS: Staff List, BBS List, Ad
9kc1094.nfo 3540
9000 COURIERS: Staff List, BBS List, Fresh Warez Guaranteed!
9kc1294.nfo 6754
9000 COURIERS: Member List, BBS List
alpha.txt 2566
ALPHA: Courier Spreader Identifier
ambition.nfo 5583
AMBITION: Courier and Trader List, January 1997
cocaine.nfo 4344
COCAINE: Courier List, Members, Greets, Boards
cod.nfo 3409
COURIERS OF DARKNESS: Member and BBS List
courier.app 2370
PE: Public Enemy Courier Application
devo0193.nfo 1830
DEVO Couriers, January 5, 1993
devo0195.nfo 4362
DEVO Couriers, April 1, 1995
devo0294.nfo 759
DEVO Couriers, February, 1994
devo0893.nfo 4553
DEVO Couroiers: AxiS The Movie, Final Release, August 25, 1993
fuck.it 248
Gravity's Pull Courier File from Lightnin Hopkins
htc-rel.nfo 2948
HTC: High Tech Couriers, 1995
htc1095.nfo 11292
HTC: High Tech Couriers 10 1995 Member List and Board List
iit'94.nfo 5354
IIT: Israel's Internet Traders Courier List
inc604.txt 1085
Tag File for the Incarcerated Scarfaces Courier Group
menace.asc 3774
MENACE: Courier List
risc'is 1141
The Tag for Rise in Superior Couriering
risc0295.nfo 4864
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 2/1995
risc0296.nfo 5841
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 2/1996
risc0394.nfo 8484
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 3/1994
risc0595.nfo 5327
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 5/1995
risc0795.nfo 5742
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 7/1995
risc0996.nfo 5593
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 9/1996
risc1.nfo 5399
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering Member and Board Lists
risc1293.nfo 7186
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 12/1993
risc94.nfo 8423
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering, Welcome Alpha Couriering!
rsc0595.nfo 5326
RISC: Rise in Superior Couriering 5/1995
stealth.nfo 5762
STEALTH: Stealth Couriers Member and Board List
t4d.nfo 5666
GENESIS: Courier/Board List
tca.nfo 5326
TCA: The Courier Associated Board and Member List
therapy.nfo 7169
THERAPY: Courier and Member List 1995
uc.nfo 8548
UC: United Couriers Third Year Anniversary
uc1092.nfo 4218
UC: Uniter Couriers Member and Board List, October 1992
uc1093.nfo 6787
UC: Uniter Couriers, Member and Board List
uc1094.nfo 8042
UC: Uniter Couriers Member and Board List 1994
wwc93.nfo 7840
WWC: World Wide Couriers: Member List
 l­s­d­ .nfo 9344
LSD: Light Speed Distributors, the Official Courors of Vision

There are 40 files for a total of 208,913 bytes.

Important Credit: A portion of these files came from a site called the Defacto2 Scene Archive, and were acquired and saved by the folks of that group. They've done a wonderful job on the site, and it is highly reccommended that you check it out.