what are you talking about?
if it's in a newsgroup, it's public domain.
yea, sure it is...so is all the music in the mp3 newsgroups...dude, what are you waiting for? DL it all and release your OWN CD's...
I'd watch the adult stuff, though...if your copyright infrigement doesn't get you in a shit load of trouble, your violation of 2257 will land your dumb ass in jail.