[Eeyore]

MiNe 109 wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
MiNe 109 wrote:
Eeyore wrote:

Usenet is not a prosecutable entity AFAIK !

The lawsuit is against Usenet.com, a "Fargo, North Dakota newsgroup
service" access provider.

Maybe the RIAA don't realise that company isn't Usenet.

Has any reason been given why they were singled out ?

Speculation is they were marketing themselves as a way to find and
download stuff.

Maybe a cease-and-desist letter didn't result in all copyrighted
material disappearing from binaries groups.

That would be a hard task in the first place. Given that news servers operate on
a peering basis how the heck are they supposed to keep it out ? It's not even as
if it's their own customers they'd need to deal with.

Graham