Comments on: Fading Usenet Newsgroups

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:46:42 +0000

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/06/1326222/copyright-demands-push-largest-european-usenet-provider-permanently-offline

“Dutch anti-piracy authority BREIN has caused the largest European usenet provider, News-Service.com, to immediately terminate its services as they felt they could not live up to the court order served earlier.”

Major Usenet Provider Shuts Down Following Court Order
http://torrentfreak.com/major-usenet-provider-shuts-down-following-court-order-111106/

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.

“For reasons of principle, News-Service.com will not accept the verdict and has lodged an appeal,” NSE announced.

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By: Tomi

Tomi — Fri, 21 May 2010 06:57:09 +0000

Usenet’s home shuts down today
We’ve lost the news!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/usenet_duke_server/

“Duke University in North Carolina is where Usenet began, and today the institution is shutting down its Usenet server. The college cites “low usage and rising costs” for the decision.”

“The first messages began flowing in 1980, after two Duke students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, developed the protocol, using UUCP as a transport and modems (two 300 baud auto-diallers) and telephone lines as the backbone.”

“Many social aspects of online communication – from emoticons and slang acronyms such as LOL to flame wars – originated or were popularized on Usenet,” notes the college.

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