In what is being called a landmark case in the UK, a judge decided to order BT to censor Newzbin. The censorship of the internet continues to be driven by the Hollywood media types who are confused about how the internet works.

Loz Kaye, the leader of the UK Pirate Party, puts it well:

It appears that our digital rights are to be determined by Hollywood, not parliament.

If the industry really wanted to stop illegal downloads then they should make it easy to do legally. Just look at a solution like Spotify. Make it easy and people won’t bother with the complexities of finding it where the industry does’nt like it.

Beware of Porn on Usenet

One thing you should be aware of when using Usenet, there is porn on Usenet. Yes, there is porn on Usenet. There is a lot of it. And every type of adult content that can be imagined is out there. Much of this adult content is being illegally distributed or pirated content.

So, how can you avoid the adult content? The simplest answer is to avoid newsgroups that look like they contain adult content. It’s pretty easy to avoid content you don’t want to see by looking at the names of the newsgroups. The list of newsgroups shown to the right is a sample of 632 newsgroups that have porn on usenet. As you can tell from looking at the list, there is all kinds of adult images and videos on usenet.

The names of the newsgroups on the list have been abbreviated. The a.b part of the name stands for alt.binaries.  The alt.binaries section of Usenet is where you find images and videos relating to the newsgroup.

So if you want to avoid porn  on usenet, just avoid newsgroups that are alt.binaries.(some porn term) and you should be able to avoid the porn on usenet pretty easily.

Usenet is fast, has a lot of content called binaries and is organized newsgroups. If you want to download binaries from newsgroups you will need some tools. You need a piece of software called a newsgroup reader, you need a usenet service provider like Giganews and if you value your privacy you need a virtual private network like those provided by Goldenfrog that shields you anyone trying to see what you are doing.

The best package available is to get a Diamond plan from Giganews which has largest number of binaries, unlimited downloads and includes a virtual private network. You can get started for as little as $14.99 per month.

Giganews also has special newsgroup reader called Newsbin for Giganews that costs only $25 and comes with built in search tools. A good deal if you want a simple and easy way to get started.

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• Uncensored Newsgroups

• Alt Binaries

• Uncensored Usenet