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Police raid “Newsoo” usenet service, seize user data; service permanently over

Posted on March 25, 2016 by pogowasright.org

Andy of Torrent Freak reports:

A France-based Usenet provider says that his service has been raided and shutdown by the police. The 5,000 user ‘Newsoo’ service appears to have been a labor of love for its owner, but all data is now in the hands of authorities after he was arrested. A long-standing complaint by anti-piracy outfit SACEM appears to have been the trigger.

Read more on Torrent Freak.

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