RIAA wins case against Usenet.com - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 2nd Jul 2009, 10:10

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/20...t-usenet-com/1

The RIAA has won its case against Usenet.com after accusing the company of facilitating direct, contributory, and vicarious infringement of copyright.

Gunsmith · 2nd Jul 2009, 10:15

damn, i couldnt care 2 shits about Bittorrent but this aint good.

liratheal · 2nd Jul 2009, 10:16

I'm more surprised it took them this long to get sued.

Seriously shocking.

Buzzons · 2nd Jul 2009, 10:33

Agreed Liratheal - I'm surprised that the Usenet sites weren't the first to get hit.

impar · 2nd Jul 2009, 10:42

Greetings!

About time!

B1GBUD · 2nd Jul 2009, 11:18

Law and Order cheesecake!!

Flibblebot · 2nd Jul 2009, 11:37

If they tampered with evidence and failed to bring forward required witnesses, that kind of implies that they knew they were breaking the law.

The alt.binaries newsgroups have been around for an awfully long time - predating bittorrent by years - so I too am surprised that nobody's gone for them before.

Veles · 2nd Jul 2009, 11:48

It's no-where near as common as torrents though

impar · 2nd Jul 2009, 12:06

Greetings!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veles

It's no-where near as common as torrents though

Because it involves money, via subscriptions.

p3n · 2nd Jul 2009, 12:49

/me hopes giganews survives, awesome for downloading all sorts - there is plenty of legit stuff on alt.binaries too - bloody mp3 police....

Shadow_101 · 2nd Jul 2009, 12:52

Sigh. Annoying that it’s finally come round to Usenet. giganews +SSL + newzbin + 24 mb pipe = Win

reflux · 2nd Jul 2009, 16:09

Rapidshare will be next, surely.

HourBeforeDawn · 2nd Jul 2009, 19:52

wow not ot sound like a broken record but I too am shock., I thought they would have been one of the first to be targeted.

themax · 2nd Jul 2009, 20:19

Wonder when they will target IRC and try to shut it down completely.

proxess · 2nd Jul 2009, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by themax

Wonder when they will target IRC and try to shut it down completely.

I LAWled.

True tho. I wonder when.

Darkefire · 2nd Jul 2009, 21:08

Usenet was targeted because the sites that provide access stupidly promote their service with "unlimited music, movie and game downloads", painting a giant bullseye on their chest. I'm not sure if IRC can really be shut down; its primary purpose is still largely chat and it will be tough to prove to a court that it's all about piracy. Rapidshare, Megaupload and their ilk should represent the largest targets, but with their policies of deleting files that are infringing without too many questions (as opposed to something like TPB, who just laughed) they'll make a difficult mark to bring down. That, and the fact that most of them are based outside of the U.S. and therefore outside of the RIAA's firing range.

airchie · 3rd Jul 2009, 01:04

Sorry to hear this, giganews+sabnzbd+phat pipe is awesome.
Funny thing is, I use it mostly for TV shows cos its convenient.
If the copyright holders would make their content cheap and easy to access in a decent quality they would have more success against piracy IMO.

I don't download much music now.
Well, I do, but I hardly pirate it.
7digital ftw!!

thehippoz · 3rd Jul 2009, 02:53

think they didn't do the usenet because it's a good way to catch the pedos.. they probably figure they've caught all they're gonna so next step

aLtikal · 4th Jul 2009, 13:17

whan can be downloaded from giganews/usenet?

mooseguy · 4th Jul 2009, 13:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by aLtikal

whan can be downloaded from giganews/usenet?

Everything.

2nd Jul 2009, 10:10	#1
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2nd Jul 2009, 10:33	#4
Buzzons Mod Master Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,086	Agreed Liratheal - I'm surprised that the Usenet sites weren't the first to get hit.

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2nd Jul 2009, 12:52	#11
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2nd Jul 2009, 16:09	#12
reflux Modder Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60	Rapidshare will be next, surely.

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2nd Jul 2009, 21:08	#16
Darkefire Minimodder Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 45	Usenet was targeted because the sites that provide access stupidly promote their service with "unlimited music, movie and game downloads", painting a giant bullseye on their chest. I'm not sure if IRC can really be shut down; its primary purpose is still largely chat and it will be tough to prove to a court that it's all about piracy. Rapidshare, Megaupload and their ilk should represent the largest targets, but with their policies of deleting files that are infringing without too many questions (as opposed to something like TPB, who just laughed) they'll make a difficult mark to bring down. That, and the fact that most of them are based outside of the U.S. and therefore outside of the RIAA's firing range.

3rd Jul 2009, 02:53	#18
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4th Jul 2009, 13:17	#19
aLtikal 1338-One step infront of the pro's Join Date: May 2008 Location: London Posts: 62	whan can be downloaded from giganews/usenet?