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Newzbin.com is a British Usenet indexing website notable for its introduction of new technologies and search techniques that aid users by facilitating access to content on Usenet. As of March 2010 Newzbin keeps its indexed reports for 240 days.
History
On 17 June 2008 new user registration was closed and the site became only accessible to existing members. New members could only join by means of an invitation from an existing member. Existing members only had a limited number of invitations available.
In March 2010, a British judge found Newzbin guilty of deliberately indexing copyrighted content.[1] Chris Elsworth, the main operator of Newzbin, had said repeatedly at trial that he had no knowledge of infringement occurring on the service, and that Newzbin's categories for "CAM," "screener," "telesync," "DVD,"R5 retail","Blu-ray," and "HD DVD" didn't suggest any evidence of infringement. The judge was highly critical of Elsworth, stating that he found his testimony "simply not credible".[2][3]
On 18 May 18 2010, the Newzbin.com and Newzxxx.com websites were temporarily shut down, displaying the message "Regrettably the Newzbin website has to close as a result of the legal action against us." [4]
By 2 June 2010 Newzbin was back online, under the name Newzbin2, but using the same code and database as its predecessor, hosted in the Seychelles.[5]
As of June 2011, the Motion Picture Association had applied for an injunction that would force BT - UK's largest ISP - to cut off customers' access to Newzbin.[5] On 28 July 2011, the court ruled that BT must censor access to Newzbin, using Cleanfeed. BT announced that they will not appeal the ruling.[6][7]
In September 2011, Newzbin released client software which aimed to circumvent the BT blocking.[8]
In October 2011 At the High Court in London, Justice Arnold ordered British Telecom to block its customers' access to the website Newzbin2[9]
References
- ^ "Film studios win Usenet download case". BBC News. 2010-03-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8594568.stm.
- ^ Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation & Anor v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch) (29 March 2010, case No: HC08C03346)
- ^ "Usenet curator Newzbin hammered by UK court for infringement". Arstechnica. 2010-03-30. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/usenet-curator-newzbin-hammered-by-uk-court-for-infringement.ars.
- ^ Oates, John (2010-05-19). "Newzbin goes titsup". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/19/newzbin_shuts. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ^ a b Film-makers seek injunction to block pirate site BBC technology news 28 June 2011
- ^ "BBC News - BT ordered to block links to Newzbin 2 website". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-07-28. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14322957. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ^ "SEARCH CLINIC – Court orders BT to censor Newzbin website". Searchclinic.org. 2011-08-02. http://www.searchclinic.org/2011/08/court-orders-bt-to-censor-newzbin-website.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ^ ZD Net. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communication-breakdown-10000030/newzbin-client-aims-to-circumvent-bt-blocking-10024357/. Retrieved 18/09/2011.
- ^ Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/26/bt-block-newzbin2-filesharing-site/.
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