Major Usenet Provider Shuts Down Following Court Order | TorrentFreak

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"News-Service.com, one of the leading Usenet providers with many prominent resellers, has terminated its services with immediate effect. The shutdown is the direct and unavoidable outcome of a two-year battle with Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, which was eventually decided against the Usenet provider. News-Service announced that it will appeal the decision “out of principle” as it threatens the entire 30-year-old Usenet community...."

Link:

http://torrentfreak.com/major-usenet-provider-shuts-down-following-court-order-111106/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Connotea Imports

Tags:

oa.new oa.negative ru.do ru.ps oa.copyright oa.netherlands oa.discussions

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:15

Date published:

11/11/2011, 16:55