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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

Submitted via IRC for takyon

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.

Source: https://torrentfreak.com/police-raid-usenet-service-arrest-operator-seize-data-160325/ [torrentfreak.com]

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