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The reply from GN:
I'm happy.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.
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!Originally Posted by MultiForce
Life in the fast lane usenet freak
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?
Poster
BT Rep: +4
Does it mean that newsgroups are loosing one of the main advantages - anonymity?
Poster
BT Rep: +6
hell yeah! Usenet is absolutely full of Linux distros; especially in that one group, boneless...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!
An Excerpt from: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
by John Perry Barlow
Read more hereGovernments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather [...] I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us.
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BT Rep: +4
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. )
This mainly has to do with child porn. So hopefully you don't have to worry.
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