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2007-10-21 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-21 16:14|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 USENET is relatively unknown to the general Internet community. I was amazed how relatively few people actively use it. And yet it delivers binary traffic far faster and at higher volume than is typical for P2P. A compressed avi video will often download as fast as it takes to play, so someone can download six or eight good quality movies a day. Even if the content is not so hot.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-21 16:22|| 2007-10-21 16:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Lots of luck shutting down usenet - all it takes is for a few good propagation servers to be available and the distribution will work.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-21 17:03|| 2007-10-21 17:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think the RIAA realizes how much this pisses normal people off. They really keep wanting to lose money because people stop paying for their recycled and talentless crap, don't they?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-10-21 18:18|| 2007-10-21 18:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Demand the repeal of the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act and a return to the original founding fathers 30 year copyright [and then automatic public domain - tough cheese Mickey]. If they can't make their money in thirty years, they're in the wrong business.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-21 18:37|| 2007-10-21 18:37|| Front Page Top

#5 I've been waiting for years for some terrorist type to get mad and hit the RIAA or MPAA....

It won't surprise me when it happens.
Terrorist might even be some musician or actor cheated out of their royalties.

Posted by 3dc 2007-10-21 20:14|| 2007-10-21 20:14|| Front Page Top

#6 MORE BIZN FOR YOUTUBE AND THE LIKE. Looks like the RIAA wants to work hard to make itself + the music industry into an "also ran", self-imploded declining sport-entity like professional boxing did wid cable. D ***NG IT, WE DEMAND TO DESTROY OUR CORE AUDIENCE/CONSUMER GROUP.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-21 20:38|| 2007-10-21 20:38|| Front Page Top

#7 I haven't bought or stole the RIAA's members music in years, what they are calling music isn't, Their product is over priced and poor quality.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-10-21 21:55|| 2007-10-21 21:55|| Front Page Top

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