On 11/10/2011 5:51 AM, dave wrote:
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:51:36 +0000, Mark wrote:

Europe's largest Usenet provider has gone off the net, thanks to efforts
by the MPAA and RIAA. This follows on the heels of large U.S. providers
also terminating their Usenet service.

Tech Dirt opines that Usenet is gradually being declared illegal by
various governments, and that it is only a matter of time until Usenet
is shut down.

The full URI is:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...entertainment-
industry-gets-another-usenet-provider-to-shut-down-is-usenet-illegal.shtml

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/bwcrl3m

Will the last one here please turn out the lights when you leave?
Thanks.

There are a dozen newsreaders that can find music and movies
automatically; the copyright cops can use these to take down the
originating sites; binaries have never been cool to old school usenetters.

Binaries are fine ... anyone attempting to make the sending/receiving of
them are the criminals ... if there is a dispute on the material being
copyrighted, legal actions may have to be taken, when they are caught.

Regards,
JS