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   Message 118,890 of 119,660   
   Bert Hyman to Scott Eiler   
   Re: META+ The Root Cause of Usenet's Dec   
   28 Dec 10 21:51:45   
   
   ccde3336   
   XPost: news.groups, rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: bert@iphouse.com   
      
   In   
   news:0e264f82-26d5-4cba-ae3f-b0a347225ccc@j25g2000yqa.googlegroups.com   
   Scott Eiler  wrote:   
      
   > Actually, that's about what Google Groups is doing with Usenet.  So   
   > many ISPs have given up Usenet newsfeeds, Google practically owns   
   > Usenet now.   
      
   ISPs have dropped USENET support ostensibly for legal reasons (NY   
   then-Attorney General Cuomo claiming it was a conduit for child porn),   
   but it's more likely financial; there's no money in it for most of them.   
      
   --   
   Bert Hyman	St. Paul, MN	bert@iphouse.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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