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Originally Posted by TeenGodFather
The p2p networks aren't hosting the content.
p2p = peer to peer = user to user.
If Guba was just to show the usenet in an easy-to-view method, they wouldn't be liable..but they rip all the stuff to be hosted on their own server.
A p2p network would be shutdown in a week if they hosted all of the mp3's on their server.
If you can't see what's wrong with their biz model, that's your problem. I have a problem with how they run their shit..but that's my problem.
I did have plans to not get involved in any of the 100000000's of guba threads..but I got lured into this one. I'm out.
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Problem is binaries on usenet is nothing more then encoded mime/uue text documents. Files are broken down and encoded by the person uploading and decoded and reconstructed by the downloader. It's not the actual files on the servers, this is how NSP get by all the copyright laws. Most will cancel user accounts when complaints come, but they themselves are perfectly ok as far as the law goes.
I didn't realize guba was converting file formats until it popped up in the million threads posted about them. That might be skating on thin ice for them, would depend on their methods for converting the files though.