"Usenet"............
(The old school amongst us are probably sporting a huge grin right now)
I'm going to say this in hushed tones for those not in the know, possibly trying to avoid any unexpected issues.
Make sure he has the latest list. It blocks IP ranges of known "problem" companies. Note nothing is foolproof/indestructable.
Maybe he's downloading something unpopular, try putting in the No1 movie release for this week, he should see a few blocks coming up then
the benefits of usenet are well known but relatively speaking it's a pain and doesn't benefit from e.g. swarming. plus, i didn't hear of any exceptions in the new law for usenet...
There are no exceptions piracy is piracy!
AAARGGH! (this one's for the RIAA)
Which means that they less monitored and technically more difficult to control than torrents meaning a less likely a lawsuit on your doorstep.
Plus it's normally quicker than torrents if you know where to look
yes, he's aware of the method used and thought that something with hundreds/thousands of seeds would be popular enough. so the concern was that switzerland is rather insignificant/ignored by PG (provided it's enabled etc. - he asked me to check his software configuration and i did). or that the ISP may be rather zealous in helping enforce such a law. what say you?
I don't understand this? Why is usenet more difficult to control than torrents?
On another note, Linux users can try moblock to manage block lists http://moblock-deb.sourceforge.net/
I think this is actually quite legal, if someone pressed suit against you, you do legally own the materials. All you would have to do is ship them over to prove that.
The reason the Ferrari analogy is flawed is simple, if I want a Ferarri and so steal my neighbours, then my neighbour is out one Ferarri. If I want a song, and make a copy of it, but there is no way I ever would have paid for it, then no-one has lost anything. The trick is the never being willing to pay for it. In reality at various price point and various points in my life most of the stuff I've downloaded I would've bought, but now that I have it downloaded for free I wouldn't anymore....