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13-07-2019, 01:50
<a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/12/a_pair_of_usenet_pirates_get_66_months_behind_bars/" target="_blank">Usenet file-swapping was acceptable in the '80s – but not so much now: Pirate pair sent down for 66 months</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">The Register</font><p>Remember Usenet, the 1980s distributed messaging and file-sharing *service* that predates the web? Turns out the old-school network is still popular in some ...</p>

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