Sentences with phrase «over usenet»

A physics lecturer from London has issued a writ for libel for a series of messages sent over the Usenet computer network, which links universities worldwide.

However, Canter & Siegel was unrepentant, and insisted that it should be able to publish unsolicited ads over Usenet groups.

Not exact matches

From Usenet groups and early forums to user - and company - created blogs designed to attract a specific following, the internet has continuously evolved to improve how people connect with one another over shared interests.

Whether we're talking about free speech on Usenet, the policy questions of legitimate marketing and com - mercial activity conducted over email, or the desirable but spam - ish mes - sages that trip the filters and disappear, there is always friction not around the most egregious case (no one argues for Leo Kuvayev's «\ / 1@gR / - \» messages) but at the blurry places where spam threatens to blend into acceptable use, and fighting one might have a deleterious effect on the other.

I keep reminding publishers that when readers want to buy an ebook and can't because of distribution resrtictions, they're as likely as not to run right over to Usenet or The Pirate Bay and download the damned thing for free.

That's too much work for too little gain when I can hop over to usenet or Rapidshare and get any comic ever in about five seconds.

He reminds me of what happened, over 15 years ago, on a newsgroup called RCTN on Usenet, a predecessor to the Internet.