Re: Looking for content owners posting on Usenet

[David Sewell]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:47:10 +0000, usenet.com RIAA suit wrote:

> As many of you may know, Usenet.com is in litigation against the RIAA.
>
> As part of our defense in this case we are demonstrating that there are
> many non-infringing and authorized uses of Usenet, especially in the
> binaries newsgroups.
[...]
> Time is of the essence if you want to continue to use USENET as a
> medium of distribution. Please email re...@usenet.com by 2/15/2009.

I hate to say it, but the disappearance of the binaries groups might be
the one thing that could save Usenet. (Where I suppose "save" can be
construed as "make it more or less like it was back in 1995, and get off
my lawn, you kids!")

DS

[ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk]

On 23 June, 00:54, David Sewell <DavidSew...@sadly.bogus.invalid>
wrote:

> I hate to say it, but the disappearance of the binaries groups might be
> the one thing that could save Usenet. (Where I suppose "save" can be
> construed as "make it more or less like it was back in 1995, and get off
> my lawn, you kids!")
>
> DS

In other words, the rot started to set in when TUO was changed to TIO.
So it's the priests' fault.

Again.

Richard W.
(not dead, just resting)

[S. Checker]

But then where on the Internets would anyone find pr0n?
--
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged
lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.
-- Nicholas Chamfort

[MOTAR]

On Jun 22, 8:54 pm, David Sewell <DavidSew...@sadly.bogus.invalid>
wrote:

Save two posts from every group. Build an ark. Put them on the ark and
ride out the FLOOD.

MOTAR has spoken.

MOTAR the imperious