The Newzbin saga has been raging for over a year now, with big media first managing to sue the original Newzbin out of existence, and then winning a court order to block the revived Newzbin2 off the face of the planet. But now the hackers behind Newzbin2 have thrown in the towel. The original Usenet indexer that brought binaries into the mainstream, is no more. Read More >>
Featured comment by warriorscot:
"This is unfortunate but there are other sites out there that are more popular. They had the whole "we invented the nzb" thing going but others have co..." More »
I’m not quite sure how this is still happening given the recent EU rulings deeming the practice of forced blockage illegal, but TalkTalk has now been court ordered to rub Newsbin2 off the map. Read More >>
Featured comment by g3f:
"Blocking a site that just indexes primarily copyrighted stuff is a lot different to blocking a Usenet provider.
Its a futile gesture anyway, its ea..." More »
The high court has broken ground in the UK, with a first-of-its-kind copyright ruling ordering BT to block Newzbin2 within 14 days. The ruling follows the request of a coalition of Hollywood studios and could set a precedent leading to more filesharing clampdowns. Read More >>
Featured comment by arcanine:
"The problem here is that it's being filtered through CleanFeed, filtering technology that BT developed for the IWF to block child pornography, 95% of ..." More »
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