First, the minor ISP dropped the Usenet service due to space limitations, then major the ISPs dropped it due to pressure from the US Justice Department under the banner of eliminating pornography. Don't be confused by that ruse; it's a sure bet that the RIAA and the MPAA are mostly behind that decision. Now, as shown in this Slashdot headline, the universities are beginning to drop servers,
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It will be too bad if Usenet goes away because no matter the uses for bad, tremendous potential for good remains. It is a bastion of free speech and a vast knowledge store of the world's working knowledge on many subjects. For example, it has helped me many times when learning about GNU/Linux.
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