mesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNew Bill to Effectively Kill Anime & Other Piracy in the U.S. Gets Backing by Netflix, Disney & Sonywww.cbr.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1510arrow-down17cross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up1503arrow-down1external-linkNew Bill to Effectively Kill Anime & Other Piracy in the U.S. Gets Backing by Netflix, Disney & Sonywww.cbr.commesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square150fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squarecmbabul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoAnyone offhandedly know how this would affect Usenet
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI imagine it’s possible but it sounds like they’re going after low hanging fruit like streaming sites and it also states that they can’t prevent people from using VPNs to get around the blocking.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoUsenet is perfectly controllable for this kind of thing. Also it’s not intended for sharing binaries, that’s bad behavior. I can see something new, distributed (no servers), but with Usenet’s feel and paradigm, being the pinnacle of piracy. But there is no such thing.
Anyone offhandedly know how this would affect Usenet
I imagine it’s possible but it sounds like they’re going after low hanging fruit like streaming sites and it also states that they can’t prevent people from using VPNs to get around the blocking.
Usenet is perfectly controllable for this kind of thing.
Also it’s not intended for sharing binaries, that’s bad behavior.
I can see something new, distributed (no servers), but with Usenet’s feel and paradigm, being the pinnacle of piracy. But there is no such thing.