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Major Usenet Provider Shuts Down Following Court Order
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torrentfreak.com
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goatcurious
on Nov 6, 2011
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AJ007
on Nov 7, 2011
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Usenet is the internet. The internet is no longer compatible with European law.
gst
on Nov 7, 2011
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To be exact, Usenet was already there before the Internet.
aes256
on Nov 7, 2011
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To be correct, Usenet was there before the World Wide Web, not the Internet.
Turing_Machine
on Nov 7, 2011
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To be even more correct, Usenet was, in fact, there before the Internet. It predates TCP/IP by two years, and originally ran over dialup UUCP connections.
ars
on Nov 6, 2011
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Sounds like all these providers should move to the US. The laws here are much more favorable for them.
Who would have that the DMCA was so helpful?
biff
on Nov 6, 2011
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Looks like E-PARASITE (nee PROTECT-IP) may fix that oversight.
timc3
on Nov 7, 2011
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A lot of this push in Europe is apparently coming from pressure from Washington anyway.
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