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   From: jkxvii@ask.me   
      
   On 06/01/2011 11:51 AM, KalElFan wrote:   
   > It's been mentioned earlier in this discussion that a child porn   
   > investigation in New York was one reason some ISPs stopped   
   > carrying Usenet going back 5 or 6 years ago now. I suspect many   
   > people have gone to jail in that investigation and since, for   
   > posting, distributing, etc. illegal material on Usenet.   
   >   
   > AOL was sued when one of its own subscribers posted an SF   
   > author's work on a newsgroup. AOL did not fully win in its   
   > defense and ended up settling with the SF author. That was   
   > certainly an often-cited possible factor in AOL's decision to   
   > bail on Usenet.   
      
   Excuses, excuses. Back when AOL was sued, we didn't have the DMCA and   
   the CDA which, together, cover a service provider from liability for   
   posted content (except, oddly, for trademark infringement) as long as   
   they take down the content if they are ordered to by courts or   
   rights-holders.   
      
   Any modern usenet server in the US would be covered against anything but   
   a trademark-infringing sale offered in a .forsale group (and eBay keeps   
   being sued over infringing goods sold on eBay, but it keeps winning in   
   court despite not being covered by the CDA's and DMCA's safe harbors).   
   As long as they honored properly-given takedown orders.   
      
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   Curiosity killed the cat.   
   Satisfaction brought him back.   
      
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