Want the Sith DVD? Go to Usenet

pr0digal jenius · May 23, 2005, 06:25 PM

Usenet newsgroups dedicated to piracy are seeing a resurgence in activity as file sharers seek less-policed areas of the internet to trade illegal data.

Some pirated movies are now even appearing in newsgroups before being released worldwide across popular P2P systems like BitTorrent. The alt.binaries newsgroups -- which mostly carry pirated software, ripped movies and MP3s -- have logged a steady and substantial rise in traffic over the last few years.

Posts to a key "warez" newsgroup, alt.binaries.multimedia, have quadrupled from 700,000 in 2001 to 2.8 million last year, according to Microsoft's Netscan System, which logs all Usenet traffic.

Meanwhile, more than 60 GB of complete DVD rips are now being posted each day to a single Usenet forum, according to stats at NewsAdmin, which tracks Usenet usage.
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Source/Read More: wired news

daRk_heLmet · May 23, 2005, 06:36 PM

how does one access usenet ?

**MIG-31** · May 23, 2005, 07:21 PM

already seen a link on ebay selling episode 3 on dvd..

Sandok · May 23, 2005, 07:28 PM

well the quality is nothing compared to thereal thing

OmegaRED · May 23, 2005, 07:57 PM

First article I've read promoting the best ways to pirate.

May 23, 2005, 06:25 PM	#1
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Want the Sith DVD? Go to Usenet Usenet newsgroups dedicated to piracy are seeing a resurgence in activity as file sharers seek less-policed areas of the internet to trade illegal data. Some pirated movies are now even appearing in newsgroups before being released worldwide across popular P2P systems like BitTorrent. The alt.binaries newsgroups -- which mostly carry pirated software, ripped movies and MP3s -- have logged a steady and substantial rise in traffic over the last few years. Posts to a key "warez" newsgroup, alt.binaries.multimedia, have quadrupled from 700,000 in 2001 to 2.8 million last year, according to Microsoft's Netscan System, which logs all Usenet traffic. Meanwhile, more than 60 GB of complete DVD rips are now being posted each day to a single Usenet forum, according to stats at NewsAdmin, which tracks Usenet usage. _______________ Source/Read More: wired news

May 23, 2005, 06:36 PM	#2
daRk_heLmet Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Death Star Posts: 1,072 Rep Power: 0	how does one access usenet ? __________________ [color=white]My Blog[/color]

May 23, 2005, 07:21 PM	#3
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	already seen a link on ebay selling episode 3 on dvd.. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

May 23, 2005, 07:57 PM	#5
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May 23, 2005, 07:28 PM	#4
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	well the quality is nothing compared to thereal thing