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AOL Kills Usenet Access

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bad-times dept.

Numair writes "BetaNews is reporting that AOL is about to terminate Usenet access for its users. Now, before everyone starts rejoicing ... where is the Usenet community going to find another large media company to protect it from frivolous copyright lawsuits?"

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  1. Wow. by kalidasa · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like September did end, after all.

    Sorry folks, couldn't help it.

    1. Re:Wow. by HiredMan · · Score: 5, Funny



      Me too!!!!!!!!

      =tkk

      --
      Bill Gates - Creationist?!?
  2. a great disturbance by Fr05t · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I felt a great disturbance in the Usenet, as if millions of alt.binary.xxxporn images suddenly
    cried out in terror and silenced at once"

  3. Re:AOL killed it in the first place by Filmwatcher888 · · Score: 5, Funny

    LOL!!1!

    >ME TOO!

    >> I was there when AOL enabled usenet access. The
    >> flood of users with no netiquette or, as it eemed
    >> to me at the time, common sense, drove me out of
    >> almost every newsgroup I followed.