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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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Not only do they host the material, they also actively distribute it to other usenet providers and swap content with each other
Usenet companies in Europe seem to be at risk, but American ones have the DMCA to protect them.