 QumahlinNever Enough TimePremium,MVM
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Re: Good said by technick:Its not all warez, porn and music either. If you don't believe me, check out the following groups. alt.binaries.3d alt.binaries.anime alt.binaries.e-book.technical alt.binaries.freeware alt.binaries.cd.image.linux alt.binaries.linux.iso alt.binaries.tv Thats just a few... Congrats, I did a header pull from the groups you listed above. The only one with no obviously noticeable copyright content is the linux groups
alt.binaries.tv - Contains TONS of copyrighted TV shows
alt.binaries.e-book.technical - Multiple books I saw are copyright and not for free distribution
alt.binaries.anime - Copyrighted material all over the place.
So what was that you were saying about the binary tree again? What reasoning can anyone provide for a ISP to waste money on keeping up a service that 99.5% of the "binary" content that people want from it they aren't supposed to be downloading anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I download tons of stuff from newsgroups. I just don't come onto forums and act like newsgroups serve a real purpose anymore or that I don't know that what i'm doing is technically illegal.
Get over it people, newsgroups are going away, they are a costly service to maintain, their primary use has turned to piracy, and for those who want legitimate access to text groups you can get it free via google or any other number of free providers.
Argue all you want, its not going to change things, its the overall plan of pretty much every ISP, the whole "child porn" thing provided the perfect excuse to finally execute it.
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