Re: Attorney generals trying to shut down usenet?
- From: Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:17:17 -0700
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:39:34 -0700 (PDT), JeffM <jeffm_@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Joerg wrote:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9964895-38.html:"N.Y. attorney general forces ISPs to curb Usenet access"
:
:Cuomo announced[...]that Verizon Communications,
:Time Warner Cable, and Sprint would
:"shut down major sources of online child pornography."
:[. . .]
:Time Warner Cable said it will cease to offer customers access
:to any Usenet newsgroups,
:a decision that will affect customers nationwide.
:
It's not clear if they will just take their own NNTP servers offline
or will if they will block Port 119.
:Sprint is cutting off the alt.* hierarchy, Usenet's largest[...]
:
:A Verizon spokesman said he didn't know details,
:saying "newsgroups that deal with scientific endeavors"
:will stick around but admitted that
:all of the alt.* hierarchy could be toast.
:
Between the OMG-kiddie-porn hand-wringers
and Google Groups (whatever their motives are),
Usenet sure has been taking a beating.
:The Internet service providers should not be blocking
:whole sections of the Internet, all Usenet groups
:said Barry Steinhardt,
:director of the ACLU's technology and liberty program.
:
aka "The Voice of Sanity".
:"That's taking a sledgehammer to an ant."
:
The USA is doomed. Stupidity has taken over.
Leftist weenies :-(
...Jim Thompson
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