Comments on: Fading Usenet Newsgroups https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2009/11/09/fading-usenet-newsgroups/ All about electronics and circuit design Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2009/11/09/fading-usenet-newsgroups/comment-page-1/#comment-7806 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:46:42 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/blog/?p=621#comment-7806 Copyright Demands Push Largest European Usenet Provider Permanently Offline

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.

]]> By: Home Decor Accents https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2009/11/09/fading-usenet-newsgroups/comment-page-1/#comment-7804 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:42:35 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/blog/?p=621#comment-7804 This is a really good read for me, Must admit that you are one of the best bloggers I ever saw.Thanks for posting this informative article.

]]> By: Tomi https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2009/11/09/fading-usenet-newsgroups/comment-page-1/#comment-7802 Fri, 21 May 2010 06:57:09 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/blog/?p=621#comment-7802 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.

Read also:

The Evolution Of Usenet News: The Poor Man’s Arpanet
http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Internet/HaubenEvolutionNetnews.html

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