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Copyright Demands Push Largest European Usenet Provider Permanently Offline

Posted by timothy on from the son-what-does-alt-dot-binary-mean? dept.

First time accepted submitter jonathan1979 writes "Dutch anti-piracy authority BREIN has caused the largest European usenet provider, News-Service.com, to immediately terminate its services as they felt they could not live up to the court order served earlier."

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  1. Re:power by Arlet · · Score: 1, Troll

    If 99% of the "free communication" consists of pirated material, it makes sense to hold the storage/service providers liable.