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Originally Posted by RawAlex
termpest, you truly are ignorant.
Yes, the usenet is a cesspool of content theft and CP.
Yes, you can access it and download the material to your own computer (full posts) and then you can manipulate it yourself any way you like.
No issues.
GUBA does the manipulation for you. They toss out the posts and keep only the images - and then they resell access to them.
Think about it this way: if they were burning the content onto CDs and reselling it, would it be a violation of copyright? Damn straight.
The usenet in and of itself lives on the edge of questionable legal ground, but because it is effectively impossible to figure out who runs what, it is a free zone (and really sucks). However, just because an image or movie appears on there doesn't mean you can turn around and resell JUST THE IMAGES.
Guba just made itself VERY well known... they are going to be handling C&Ds for a long time to come.
Alex
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The arguments against Guba were being made when all they did was provide access.. All that's happened is that there's more amunition now. You'd STILL be on here complaining about it even if they didn't store/change the content. Remember when other programs used to include newsgroup access? They stopped because of the heat, not because of ethics or morals. It's all about the money for 99% of the people in this business. Sad, but that's the way it is.