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As highlighted by RevK from AAISP in a recent blog post on the stupidity of the blocking

I can reveal the secret high-tech method for accessing newzbin2 and by-passing the recent block on the site on BT residential lines.
Its top secret and highly technical, so don't tell anyone...
Instead of typing http://newzbin.com/ you type https://newzbin.com/
Yes, that is typing an extra s in the right place.

As highlighted by RevK from AAISP in a recent blog post on the stupidity of the blocking

I can reveal the secret high-tech method for accessing newzbin2 and by-passing the recent block on the site on BT residential lines.
Its top secret and highly technical, so don't tell anyone...
Instead of typing http://newzbin.com/ you type https://newzbin.com/
Yes, that is typing an extra s in the right place.

HTTP is ubiquitous. Usenet is a few servers. One of which was shutdown because of the reasons I stated.

Newzbin does comply with takedown requests however they don't make it easy on them at all.

http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Newzbin:Item_Removal

Sending a piece of postal mail is what passes for "not making it easy on them at all?" Registered mail is the de facto method for sending any sort of legal correspondence.

No, from http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Newzbin:Item_Removal:

"""
Newzbin indexes and links to everything on Usenet. Sometimes, you may find an item listed that you'd prefer us not to have - you may own copyright over the software for example, and having it distributed via Usenet is not your preferred method.

Since the indexing is automated we can't discern what to index, and what not to index.
"""

Newzbin does comply with takedown requests however they don't make it easy on them at all. http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Newzbin:Item_Removal

May I add another 'No, it's not!' to the comments?

ISP-based usenet has always sucked. The retention was lowsy, the propogation was poor (if they even let you post) - or they simply outsourced to one of the Big 3 [giganews,usenetserver,eweka.nl] [http://top1000.org/#stats]

For those of us who know about it, Usenet is thriving - there's more data passing through it than ever. GN is adding 240days of binary retention (which is insane)

With the combination of NZB files [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZB], and SSL, you'd be nuts to ever use a torrent again.
Speed + security + real files.

There are bunch of services:

Combined:
BitNabber.com [Combines NZB + SSL Usenet access]

Usenet only:
Giganews.com [240 days retention, SSL]
Supernews.com [Cleanest / most spam free usenet server]
UsenetServer.com [Solid service, SSL]

NZB Services:
http://www.newzleech.com/ [Free, but automatic, so results will vary]
http://www.binsearch.info/ [Free, also automatic, but with SSL]

NewzBin.com - [Premium + Invite only, but the goliath of NZB sites]

Thankfully there are usenet indexing services to find all the pieces of uploaded files. Of course that's only for large multipart binaries, but isn't that what usenet is really used for?

I don't know of any 'real' issues with Giganews. Their retention rate is impressive and their speed is fast when I had used them, although they are one of the most expensive.

However when I'm giving out advice I try to advice against companies that I have had billing issues with (From the ISP side of things). If I talk about usenet, I suggest who to avoid, if I talk about data lines I suggest people avoid MCI/UUnet like the plague - that sort of thing ;)

Comparison list of providers is a good listing. If only they would list country of origin.

The people behind pirate's bay should hook up a usenet service, I'd switch to them in a heartbeat.

Amazon's editors (not the fans/buyers) have been pretty consistent in picking good stuff.
Basically, if you haven't used it before, I'd recommend the following way to get a really good variety:

1.Best of by Years will get you started with some great CD's you haven't heard of.
2. Get a download account
3. An account to find the music.
4. A program to download the music.

Total price is about $20/month, though well worth it to get your collection started. Such a shame the record companies are too thick-headed to get their share of the pie; On the other hand, what value are they providing here with this model, anyway??

Is there still a reason to use it, except getting kiddie porn?

It's also available on usenet in 87 versions, including 2 HD copies (1 blu-ray) and 5+ languages.

The multipart crapfest that was Usenet of 2000 has been replaced with the absolute brilliance that is newzbin. http://v3.newzbin.com/

But I think they've stopped accepting users. I think Newzbin and Giganews Unlimited has done more to resurrect Usenet as a viable file transfer medium (read as: "theft engine") than anything since NNTP was designed. They pull $1 every 2 weeks and have a peer-edited review system. I even gank all my Linux isos from Giganews because they can sustain 550kps to my desktop. BT rarely, if ever, can pull that off.

If I might make a further suggestion... use http://www.newzbin.com/ which will give you NZB files that work with programs like http://ninan.sourceforge.net/ that make it easy to search and automatically download from NNTP.

I also use personally use http://www.giganews.com/ as my usenet provider since they have something like 70 days of binary retention.

Legit, bought and paid for, just don't wanna deal with the hassle copy protection puts on you, or your source for warez. Whatever the reason ... LONG LIVE USENET!

http://www.giganews.com/ combined with http://www.newzbin.com/

PS - Who the fuck needs TIVO -- alt.binaries.tv -- if it ain't in there it wasn't worth watching anyway...

People pay for Usenet services because they're own ISP's service has crappy retention of binary files. Given how huge the Usenet feeds are now, that's not really surprising.
This service adds a web interface for Usenet. It lets you not only search, but just click to download the file. No downloading of headers, no using par and rar to fix and unpack. You can even view the videos via flash straight off the site. It's the most blatant copyright violation I've seen in a net service in years.
Go browse through and see for yourself.
Oh yeah and for searching the binary groups Newzbin is quite decent.

"Personally, I think most web interfaces suck for searching, but only slightly less than downloading 500K headers in a binary group looking for something ... interesting."

Newzbin is a great resource for searching binaries. You can search "posts" which are manually added groups of files (so you don't see a million rar files), or you can search for files. At least you can find out which group something... interesting is posted in before you download those bojillion headers.

Hmmm...

http://www.newzbin.com/ seems to have all this covered and for free.

I'm writing a tool which will hopefully interface with newzbin - www.donutmonster.com - and run on several OSs.

... except they are free:

http://www.newzsearch.com/
http://www.newzbin.com/
http://alt.binaries.nl/


just to mention some...

you cannot download from Newzbin with a few exceptions. The only available files for download are NFO files and NZB (Message-ID) files, which allow you to set up a queue in your Usenet client to download files automatically. The reason why we do not provide any other downloads is: We are an information based resource and do not exist to provide you with the content of Usenet, merely the information of what is currently on it.

Have you tried newzbin or audiofind?

And then there is the completely ignored realm of Usenet. Newsgroups carry most popular (or cult popularity) shows. Really popular shows like Lost are usually ripped from HDTV sources and encoded to DIVX or XVID at a high bit rate (say 700MB for a 40 minute show).
Now content is dependant on your ISP's retention, but downloads are usually extremely fast. Alternately you can use a pay Usenet service like EasyNews or Giganews which have crazy retention periods.
How do you know what's up there and which group to access to find it? The handy dandy site newzBin is a searchable index of binary files available on Usenet.
I have Tivo and use it for a lot of stuff, but I started just grabbing HDTV rips of Battlestar Galactica off Usenet because the quality was so good.

Nah, you're wrong: It's actually a very good rip.

You can find it from various newsgroups listed here http://www.newzbin.com/search/query/p/?q=episode&C ategory=6&searchFP=p

Enjoy.

http://www.newzbin.com/browse/post/1063941/

wants to see what is there already? http://www.newzbin.com/

I use nzbget (defunct) and nzb's mostly. There's a patch for nget. Binaries ahoy!

http://www.newzbin.com/

It is peer-to-peer and egalatarian as hell, but everybody (with linux anyway) already has the software and you have to search it *by* *hand*.

Usenet can kind of be a pain to search sometimes . . .There's also probably even more viruses and false stuff on usenet than P2P networks

No need to anymore. http://www.newzbin.com/ indexes all the binaries posted to usenet. Newzbin sorts groups of headers into single posts that you can search through for free. Relatively recently .nzb files were introduced. You may take these posts on Newzbin and import all the associated headers into many usenet binary programs now with these .nzb files. No need to manually update heades and search through them. Just search newzbin, hit the button, make sure .nzb is associated with a supported program, and the your download begins.

However, for the .nzb and complete header indexing service, you must pay a small monthly fee. An experimential release of grabit, http://www.shemes.com/, however, allows you to search through recent headers posted throughout usenet and then select them for download. This latest build is avaialbe in the announcements forum.

Also, http://www.packetnews.com/, an IRC search engine, has a currently unavailable option to also search usenet. I'm not sure of the details, but it does say (soon!)

As I understand the US law, when a duality exists in some form of technology, when it has the potential for both legitamate and illegal use, as long as it can be show that the technology is at least capable of having widescale legitamate uses, it is legal. Usenet is ancient among internet standards, dating back all the way to 1979. For much of its existence it was used solely for communication; this fuction is still used to a large extent today. Even while it is being used for illegal purposes, it cannot be shut down anymore than knives and axes can be banned for their continued role in crime and murder.

Yup, that looks perfect, except.. I kinda don't wanna wait several months, and I've not been impressed with the nForce's *ix support so far (although nVidia's FreeBSD GFX driver support seems great; what's the point without stable SATA and network drivers?).

This is a work machine to mirror our dual Opteron servers, which are using these puppies. The Tyan S2885 looks like the closest board to that, and is one of the best I've seen for sale in the UK.

Take one part Usenetserver account ($3.00 a day for a 3 day trial, or $15.00 a month), and mix liberally with one part NewzBin usenet archiving service. Add your favorite y-enc enabled newsreader to flavor to taste. Serves an entire campus, until your OIT decides to block port 119.

Opera is still identifiable: it says "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Opera 7.52" by default.

In terms of raw hits to newzbin this month, Opera accounts for ~6%, Gecko based browsers ~17% and MSIE ~74%.

By comparison, back in Feburary Opera was at ~3.5%, Gecko ~11% and MSIE nearly 82%. Looking good :)

(Registered Opera user since v5 \o/)

Ch-ch-ch-check it out: New album on usenet

You'll notice that there's been only 5 full album uploads in the past week to usenet as opposed to the usual 10. DRM clearly reduces piracy by 50%.

Hooray @ RIAA!

This is only for owners of the new CD. All others will be sodomized by a big helicopter

Step 1. Go Here

Step 2. Connect to the newsgroup of your choice.

Step 3. Download the music for the CD that you own.

Since you can't do this via legal means you clearly will have to do it via this somewhat legel method.

It might be worth looking at thttpd (or some other lightweight nonblocking IO based server, there are quite a few) and running PHP as a FastCGI daemon; you get significantly better performance serving static files, keep the httpd's lightweight by keeping PHP out of them, and can loadbalance the PHP stuff across servers should you wish. Any database servers will thank you too, since it helps keep the number of PHP instances down.

The main thing holding us back is the lack of decent URL rewriting support in any of the other servers we've seen. Luckily at just 16 requests/second nominally, we can cope :)

sit your ass down. ever heard of VCD rips? ever heard of p2p?

ps. fed up with p2p? go back to Binary USENET! http://www.newzbin.com/browse/cat/p/movies/

I managed to download the 4.1gb DVD version, but I don't have a DVD writer, nor do I have a DVD-ROM on my existing linux server.

I then realized that the CD version was also on usenet, as you can see HERE. Unfortunately, those files are no longer on my news provider (easynews).

I am hoping someone will post a .torrent with the CD version

An interview with fuckwad Valenti, and now more RIAA lawsuits! Woweee!

They're sure doing a good job into scaring me... scaring me so much that tonight, I'm gonna be downloading more than normal!

Got Movies?
Got Music?

I do NOW, and so can you! Aim your middle fingers at them and grin, because this is the best weapon against 'em.

An interview with fuckwad Valenti, and now more RIAA lawsuits! Woweee!

They're sure doing a good job into scaring me... scaring me so much that tonight, I'm gonna be downloading more than normal!

Got Movies?
Got Music?

I do NOW, and so can you! Aim your middle fingers at them and grin, because this is the best weapon against 'em.

Barts CD is nice, but this is better. Here is the description of SuperWINPE 2004. I don't know Bart personally, but he may have just ripped off SuperWINPE.

IMO, Microsoft would benefit by issuing public release candidates for new OS versions

Also try newzbin's new system, which is rather like a scaled up http://alt.binaries.nl/

Actually, take a look at something like newzbin, which makes it easy to find out information on newsgroup releases.