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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. Re:Wow. by Stealth+Potato · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, it's a reference to the "Eternal September," or the September of 1993, when AOL first provided Usenet access to its users. September was usually a time when a lot of new users showed up; things would normally calm down pretty quickly as the new users learned proper conduct. This didn't happen when AOL stormed onto the scene, and the september of 1993 came to be known as the "September that never Ended."

    Now that they're gone, maybe the ordeal is finally over? Probably not, but we can dream, can't we? :-)

    More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September