Need explanation about Usenet (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I found about Usenet and the sort of "hype" relative to it and I wonder some stuff.

Maybe I'm a bit old school but is this process not against the spirit of piracy,

be generous to share
fight against censorship and DCMA takedown
work in a decentralized way

Just wondered it, if someone wants to give his opinion

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[-] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

Usenet has splintered into text and piracy. Text is low volume and many servers can peer with yours for free. Piracy is more centralized, gets spammed like half a petabyte every day, we know that because 99% of "the posts" never get downloaded even once, it's commercial because of the huge storage requirements.