Thoughts on recent lawsuits against usenet indexing sites

[Mazer]

Originally Posted by dumwaldo

I also think usenet stands to benefit by some mainstream exposure. The more people that sign up with premium providers the more money those providers will have to offer longer retention and reliable service. More money for the providers and better service for us. It is a win/win situation.

Yeah, the people trying to stop file sharing are going to loose out a third time I think. They've tried the cut-the-head-off-the-snake strategy twice before, first by shutting Napster down and then by shutting Suprnova down, and both times it backfired on them. Usenet has many portals and they can all be shut down, but unlike Napster and Suprnova which were immediately replaced by dozens of clones, the indexing sites might be shut down for good. But like you say, the lawsuits and takedown notices are bringing lots of attention to the usenet phenomenon, and their strategy will fail again.