Need explanation about Usenet (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks 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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[-] MEtrINeS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

usenet is decentralized at server level. In theory all the servers have the same content. Currently everything is obfuscated because of the take downs - so you need an indexer (the users upload the nzbs to that website. Think of a nzb like a .torrent file.)