Usenet: The Next Target in the War on Piracy
Written by Ernesto on August 19, 2007The first rule of Usenet is, you don’t talk about Usenet. This rule kept Usenet providers and users out of sight from anti-piracy organizations for years, but this is about to change.
Usenet is catching up with BitTorrent in terms of popularity, partly because it is considered to be safer. However, this increased popularity also has a dark side to it, as anti-piracy organizations start monitoring newsgroups.
Tim Kuik, managing director of BREIN - the Dutch branch of the MPAA - told the Dutch news site Webwereld that the increased attention from computer magazines over the past year lowered the nerd-factor of the Usenet. Because of this it’s now become one of the main targets of anti-piracy outfits.
Kuik further said that BREIN made a blacklist of Usenet providers who structurally infringe copyright. Their plan is to urge these providers to stop their services and compensate the content owners for their losses. Some might argue that Kuik’s words are yet another loose threat to make it seem like no pirate is safe, but there is some truth in his statements.
TorrentFreak talked to an insider, who works closely with anti-piracy organizations like the MPAA and RIAA, and he also noticed that the Usenet has been getting more attention lately. “BitTorrent is still enemy number one, but there is a significant growth in Usenet monitoring”, he said. Some Usenet providers now use BitTorrent sites to advertise their services and according to our source, this is another big reason why it caught the attention of anti-piracy outfits.
The people in charge at most anti-piracy organizations hardly know how to write an e-mail, if it’s not in the media, it’s not a target. If only people kept to rule number one this probably would have never happened.
The Usenet providers are not impressed by BREIN’s strong words though. Remco Habets from Usenet provider Usenet4u said in a response: “BREIN often makes statement that lead to nothing. One and a half year ago they also said that they were going to take on newsgroups, we’ll see”
To be continued…
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Wake up!
http://tinyurl.com/27sfw2
I think I just pooped a little in my trousers.
next target? well look at bittorent, its hardly been stopped has it and that was a “target”. i think ill be taking this with a pinch of salt.
The first rule of usenet is….
(shhhhhhhh! everyone just shhhh!)
These antip2p fuctards are such a laugh. I just love reading their statements.
Oooh, that doesn’t sound to good. I wonder if they are serious about it?
Usenet isn’t that good anyways.
torrents are better anyway.
Did you know that if you drink 2 liters of beer and take 4 Xanax… wait between 20 to 30 minutes and then read all these articals… you just laugh and not care ither way… oh… you will also go to sleep right after.
Yup now that is a fact.
The Usenet providers are not impressed by BREIN’s strong words though. Remco Habets from Usenet provider Usenet4u said in a response: “BREIN often makes statement that lead to nothing. One and a half year ago they also said that they were going to take on newsgroups, we’ll see”
Enough said so untill something happens just relax!
This might be because USENEXT has such an aggresive advertisement.
Once again Germany is taking the lead:
http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-235.html
usenet sucks
you cant stop torrents or usenet, torrents use up one third of the worlds bandwidth with all the leechers you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than getting caught downloading. these anti piracy groups are lame they should get real jobs.
Usenet is a technology, Usenet is a network. They can remove warez from a bunch of USP or shut them down, there are still many left.
Anyway, it’s not good if these organizations touch the paradise.
good usenet is a scam anyways.
usenet sucks
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So maxing your download connection on nearly everything sucks does it? You stick to torrents and the slow downloads due to the increasing amount of leechers and I’ll sit back and laugh while I’m downloading at 1mbps+
“The first rule of Usenet is, you don’t talk about Usenet. This rule kept Usenet providers and users out of sight from anti-piracy organizations for years, but this is about to change.”
You’ve been listening too much to the fan boys. That statement is a bunch of BS.
[quote comment="149733"]you cant stop torrents or usenet, torrents use up one third of the worlds bandwidth with all the leechers you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than getting caught downloading. these anti piracy groups are lame they should get real jobs.[/quote]
sad part is… they are getting payed to do the job of trying to catch us.
so, where do you get usenet?
Bit torrent= P2P wellfare
Usenet= P2P Bliss
You got to pay to play baby.
Usenet is Filesharing, but not P2P.
So maxing your download connection on nearly everything sucks does it? You stick to torrents and the slow downloads due to the increasing amount of leechers and I’ll sit back and laugh while I’m downloading at 1mbps+
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I get 3-4Mbps on all my torrents, regularly, without paying…
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