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No upload element. Obscurity keeps it out of the targets a lot of times. Though DMCA requests definitely have a strong reach into Usenet now.

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The week I spent setting NZBs and all this archaic stuff up (subscribing to NZB providers... which ones again... well they keep going out of business... sigh) and setting up Sickbeard and Headphones and everything was a complete waste when the production companies began their assault on Usenet.

It became functionally less useful than Bittorrent immediately. Tons of stuff I could find on torrent sites were just not available on Usenet.

My experience was a complete waste of time and money setting everything up.

You need to join closed indexers which index obfuscated files.

Any recommendations? I'd like to get in on the fun :P

Check /r/usenet

I just did made the setup a couple of weeks ago, it was pretty easy and works fantastically. The only thing stopping me is my lack of storage.

How does this assult effect you?

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