said by nfx:I wonder, is Blocknews affected by this? What about their sister provider?
No, they are not. At least not yet. Highwinds and Giganews seem to be the targets of DMCA. Blocknews and Usenetnow (same servers) resell "Readnews" usenet service and they haven't been targeted by DMCA as of yet. Not that I can tell in the 2 years I've been using them. "Readnews" is a small provider compared to Highwinds and Giganews. Hopefully too small to notice by the DMCA guys.