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  • 22-03-2010 1:16pm
    #1
    Djokovic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,
    I was wondering how sites such as giganews are legal ??

    aren't they hosting music films games etc ?? all copyrighted material ??

    a mate of mine uses them and gets anything he wants ... it's not p2p either , so it seems he is downloading it from their servers ???

    so how come they aren't shut down ? ... there are many newsgroup providers aswell ...

    how do they actually work ?


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  • #2
    Keano
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    Djokovic wrote: »
    Hi,
    I was wondering how sites such as giganews are legal ??

    aren't they hosting music films games etc ?? all copyrighted material ??

    a mate of mine uses them and gets anything he wants ... it's not p2p either , so it seems he is downloading it from their servers ???

    so how come they aren't shut down ? ... there are many newsgroup providers aswell ...

    how do they actually work ?
    They are illegal but my guess is that once one gets shut down that the just open up under a new guise.


  • #3
    Djokovic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Djokovic


    Really ?? giganews has been around for years though ....


  • #4
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    I think the guy who replied is confused between torrent sites and newsgroups. I never heard of Giganews being "illegal".

    I'm sure they'd have something to say on the matter if they saw it posted that they were.

    Of course, I might be completely wrong. :)


  • #5
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,781 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    How do newsgroups differ from torrents or rapidshare etc?


  • #6
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    Newsgroups, when I used them, were places that you could have discussions about technology, computer programming, buy and sell items, all sorts of thing basically.

    You don't really do that on a torrent site, do you?


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  • #7
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Usenet is definitely not illegal. Nor is Bittorent for that matter. But like everything they have their legit and not so legit uses. I mean, newsgroups are basically early internet versions of discussion forums like this one, except they evolved to distribute binary content as well as text.

    Usenet providers like Giganews, Easynews, etc have been around for years and are not illegal either. Usenet is a distributed network of computers. There is no central location, which is how theses providers are able to wring their hands and say they don't support illegal file sharing.


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