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zerog
join:2002-02-10
Carrollton, TX
kudos:1 | the bigger picture... No offense, but I think people here are a bit short-sighted as to what is really happening.
Sure, you may say it's just a simple cost-cutting measure aimed at trimming infrequently used services, but us tin-foil-hat types really know what is going down.
I say that there is a quiet push from the **AA types to close a possible legal loophole in copyright violations that Newsgroup access by ISP provides.
I can clearly imagine that now, if your ISP provides usenet access, and you are downloading that latest Micheal Bay wonder in all of it's DivX glory, and some day when the MPAA/RIAA comes knocking (read: kicking down doors with their compliance team [subread: corporate SWAT]), in front of a judge you could claim ignorance and say "Hey, I was only downloading what the ISP provided".
If this trend is continued, expect some heavier persecution of usenet... | | |
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 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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1 edit | The big problem the **AA has with Usenet is that it's much harder to go after people for worthwhile damages on a file download. Uploading is where all of the propagation potential and big monetary damages comes from. Compare to P2P, where people who are downloading are, for the most part, implicitly uploading as well.
Still, at some point the lawyers will figure out how to hold usenet servers responsible for the data they're harboring, and when they do, I'm sure TW will be happy to be completely out of that game. | |
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