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   In article , Bert Hyman   
    wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Opps! I forgot to say that it's not just ISPs dropping Usenet newsgroup   
   support. The big companies like Microsoft and Adobe are dropping the   
   newsgroups and using their own forum-based systems (which used to include   
   newsgroup feeds).   
      
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