Re: "unless required by law" ?
The reply from GN:
Quote:
You should consult with an attorney to determine to determine what
Giganews' obligations are regarding your account. If there is a law or
court order that says we must track the specific articles you download, we
will comply.
I'm happy.
Re: "unless required by law" ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
MultiForce
The reply from GN:
Quote:
You should consult with an attorney to determine to determine what
Giganews' obligations are regarding your account. If there is a law or
court order that says we must track the specific articles you download, we
will comply.
I'm happy.
The reply relates to users rather than who has downloaded this warez or that box office film via headers. Still ambigious but hell it aint gonna stop me downloading my Linux distros!:naughty:
Re: "unless required by law" ?
This is what they told me:
That is correct, we currently don't log specific download information, such
as the newsgroup that is being downloaded from or the files that are being
downloaded. If there was a court order that stated Giganews needed to track
this information, we would need to comply with such court order. I am sure
that this would apply to most news service providers as well.
what do you think?
Re: "unless required by law" ?
Does it mean that newsgroups are loosing one of the main advantages - anonymity?
Re: "unless required by law" ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Windy72
Quote:
Originally Posted by
MultiForce
The reply from GN:
I'm happy.
The reply relates to users rather than who has downloaded this warez or that box office film via headers. Still ambigious but hell it aint gonna stop me downloading my Linux distros!:naughty:
hell yeah! Usenet is absolutely full of Linux distros; especially in that one group, boneless... :fst:
Re: "unless required by law" ?
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Originally Posted by
kaiser
Does it mean that newsgroups are loosing one of the main advantages - anonymity?
No.....I dont think so.
They don't log it now, and unless you see a giant explosion, I highly doubt anyone will come to them and force them to log traffic. ( All the music/movie companies are stressing over bittorrent trackers, hahaha. )
Re: "unless required by law" ?
This mainly has to do with child porn. So hopefully you don't have to worry.