http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9964895-38.html
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo forced/coerced/asked ISP's to remove access to most or all of usenet. Three so far complied, sprint, verizon and Time Warner. TW apparently has removed ALL newsgroups while the others are removing access to the alt. binaries. Apparently after finding child pornography on 88 out of over 100,000 groups TW and Cuomo's answer is to simply ban all of usenet. No word on if Cuomo will go after banning the entire web, irc...email. Personally I smell a rat any time someone says 'lets do it for the kids.' I would be very surprised if this didn't have to do more with the RIAA and MPAA using more of their power over our politicians to try and curb their lust for killing off imagined piracy. Anyone see that Batman had a 155 million dollar opening this weekend? Mike ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
