Archive for the 'newsgroups' Category

BREIN Wants Usenet Provider To Start Filtering

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

In recent months there have been several attempts by anti-piracy groups to force file-sharing sites to filter links from their systems. But now in a bold move by Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, there are demands that a Usenet provider should proactively filter infringing content from the worldwide newsgroup system.

Music Group Gets Court Injunction Against UseNeXT

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Performing rights group GEMA has won an injunction against newsgroup outfit, UseNeXT. A court has forbidden the Usenet company from offering around 100 musical works from the GEMA repertoire and says that in the future, Usenet operators will have to take a greater responsibility for the environments and services they offer.