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5 Sep 2024 09:26:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Open usenet servers?  
From: Darren New
Date: 8 Oct 2009 16:47:53
Message: <4ace4ff9$1@news.povray.org>
andrel wrote:
> Does the fact that some usenet groups are used to exchange illegal 
> downloads also play a role?

Yes. That's basically what killed the newsgroups at the ISPs. The fact that 
their users expected them to carry hundreds of gigabytes of ripped blu-ray 
DVDs on a medium designed for text messages.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".


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