DMCA'd error?

[TODDMAN]

Why is Astroweb DMCAing downloads?
Getting the following error: [16:46:34] ERROR Download Engine astraweb.com - NNTPServer: Post doesn't seem to be the post requested :[-----]-[FULL]-[#a.b.teevee@EFNet]-[ _____.720p.HDTV.x264-C4TV ]-[100/107] - "_______.720p.hdtv.x264-c4tv.vol000+01.par2" yEnc - DMCA'd

I'm using version 6.33 with Astroweb's ssl.astraweb.com, port 119 with 10 connections.

[DThor]

Because they don't want to go to jail?

All usenet servers respond to DMCA takedowns. I'm not 100% certain that's what that is, anyway. There was a specific window a number of months back where some posts went missing, they never showed up. But, yeah, that could well be a takedown.

DT

[Quade]

Yeah, ask Kim Dotcom about the long arm of the law.

[TODDMAN]

This is BS, 90% of all posts are subject to the DMCA. It figures, I just paid $25 and now this. I don't think I'll be doing much business with Astroweb. After this.

[itimpi]

All News suppliers are going to obey DCMA requests if they want to stay in business.

[Semel]

Yeah, ask Kim Dotcom about the long arm of the law.

Kim Dotcom case has nothing to do with the "law"

And everything to do with criminal activity of corrupted "law" enforcement agencies on behalf of copyright mafia groups responsible for money extortion and other criminal activity.

This is BS, 90% of all posts are subject to the DMCA. It figures, I just paid $25 and now this. I don't think I'll be doing much business with Astroweb. After this.

Not anywhere enar 90%.

Mostly UFC(grab them as fast as u can), some console games.

[J.A.]

I've been an Astraweb subscriber for nearly a decade, but I just now starting to notice this. Unfortunately this will become more and more prevalent, and I have no idea why media companies has ignored Usenet copyright issue for this long. Astraweb seems to be responding to DMCA take-down notices pretty quick (UFC stuffs won't last a day) and if (when) other media conglomerates start piling on the take-down notices, there won't be a reason to subscribe.

Yea, yea...Usenet can be use for legal means, but who are we kidding? The vast majority of people subscribing to Usenet are for downloading copyright materials. We can rationalize it any way we want ("why can't I download TV shows that I can watch free over the air anyway...blah...blah"), but the fact of the matter is it's still illegal...in America anyway.

For me personally, this will likely be my last month with Astraweb. I don't blame for taking down stuffs because, as others has already mentioned, they have to if they want to stay in business. However, the reasons I subscribe to Usenet service are convenient and speed. Stuffs get posted pretty fast after release, but I don't want to have to get right away or missed it forever. That reminded me too much of the old days of Usenet when retention was very limited - if you don't get it quick, you don't get it at at. Speaking of retention, what's the point of years of it, if it can be DMCA'd away?

I'll missed the reliable download speed of Usenet, but I've been using torrent lately, and it's not that bad and it'll only get better as global upload speed improves. Plus, it's free.

TL;DR: Only UFC and games be maybe getting DMCA'd so far, but eventually it'll spread to other materials. Image link not allowed for unregistered users