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Originally Posted by HarryT
The interesting point is, of course, that whereas "traditional" pirate sites such as TPB can only be accused of facilitating copyright infringement, Usenet providers are committing copyright infringement, since the pirated material is hosted on their servers. I'm a little surprised that they haven't been targetted before: they look like a pretty "soft target" for lawsuits.
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Well a lot of usenet access providers aren't even located in the US. They can't be sued by US companies (or whatever other country in the habit of suing for copyright infringement).