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Proposed Usenet Death Penalty for Australia's Largest ISP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cutting-off-hand-to-spite-face dept.

supine writes "David Ritz has issued a request for discussion on applying a Usenet Death Penalty to Australia's largest ISP, Bigpond (and it's parent company Telstra)." This brought back to memory the time when AOL was facing similar charges.

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  1. Too harsh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Death penalty for using usenet? Jeeze MPAA and RIAA are are extreme!

  2. Re:telstra have problems by oni · · Score: 3, Funny

    I doubt that this will be resolved by telstra if threatened with action; action will have to be taken.

    I think we should give the inpectors more time!