Xbiz promoting newsgroup reseller?

RawAlex · 2005-04-23, 01:07 PM

Well, GG, the truth is in there somewhere. That this guy / company has declined to make their product available for review even for a short period of time tells me that they have something to hide. Honest business people would be up here with usernames, passwords, jump pages, something... so that all doubt could be removed and their product given the once over. Instead, they chose ad copy, avoidance, slippery "2257 exemption" posts, and all sorts of other techniques for avoiding the basic subjects:

- Usenet contains images posted without permission.
- Usenet contains images that could be classed as KP
- Usenet is a cesspool of spam.

and finally:

any attempt to seperate the good (content) from the bad (spam), specifically by allowing shortcut or direct access to only images and / or video content on the newsgroups is a form of publishing, and as such the company is liable under 2257 and contract law for the redistribution of those images.

Pure hosted usenet access would be fine - the filters are their undoing and put them in to never never land. No sane paysite operator would want to get caught trying to explain all these unlicensed images with no 2257 documentation and no way to prove who has them.

Alex

2005-04-23, 01:07 PM	#32
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	Well, GG, the truth is in there somewhere. That this guy / company has declined to make their product available for review even for a short period of time tells me that they have something to hide. Honest business people would be up here with usernames, passwords, jump pages, something... so that all doubt could be removed and their product given the once over. Instead, they chose ad copy, avoidance, slippery "2257 exemption" posts, and all sorts of other techniques for avoiding the basic subjects: - Usenet contains images posted without permission. - Usenet contains images that could be classed as KP - Usenet is a cesspool of spam. and finally: any attempt to seperate the good (content) from the bad (spam), specifically by allowing shortcut or direct access to only images and / or video content on the newsgroups is a form of publishing, and as such the company is liable under 2257 and contract law for the redistribution of those images. Pure hosted usenet access would be fine - the filters are their undoing and put them in to never never land. No sane paysite operator would want to get caught trying to explain all these unlicensed images with no 2257 documentation and no way to prove who has them. Alex