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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[-] johnwicksdog@aussie.zone 11 points 3 days ago

With modern Usenet there are about 8 or so backbones used for file sharing. Your Usenet provider/server would connect to one or more of these backbones.

Its true Usenet is designed for federation, and in the 80s and 90s it was thousands of servers but today commercial Usenet providers just resell these 8 backbones.

[-] thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

There are more than just 8 separate usenet servers that are out there. Many might not carry binaries but that does not define a usenet server. https://top1000.anthologeek.net/top1000.current.txt