IP: Pac Bell Internet closing off access to certain parts of Usenet

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: support () pacbell net [mailto:support () pacbell net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:09 PM
> To: bmdulac () pacbell net
> Subject: Attention Usenet Newgroup Users - Important Information
>
>
> Pacific Bell Usenet Newsgroup Users, please read this message. All others
> may disregard.
>
> In addition, after evaluating possible copyright infringement issues,
> newsgroup usage and the cost of providing newsgroup access, we will no
> longer offer some alt.binary newsgroups. For a list of alt.binaries that
> will no longer be offered, please refer to our FAQ at
> http://global.pacbell.net/usenet_update.html.
>
>
> More information from the FAQ:
>
> Groups that will not be offered are alt.binaries with some combination of
> the following suffixes: sounds, mp3, cd.image(s), movies, multimedia, warez,
> vcd. Due to their nature, these are the groups that contain multi-part
> postings of digital files that are likely to contain copyrighted material.



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