Aardvark: Please contact me at califman5150@REMOVETHIShotmail.com
Maybe I can clear something up.
On Fri, 09 Sep 2016 09:48:43 -0700, Ardvark <Ardvark@noone.home>
wrote:
>On Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:38:46 -0500, sitkaman wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 06:06:56 -0500, "Thic1" <thic1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Sitkaman let the group know some time ago that he had begun receiving
>>>nasty-grams from "the authorities" about his posts, ordering him to
>>>cease-and-desist, and he was not going to tempt the long arm of "the law" so
>>>called it quits.
>>>
>>>
>>>On 9/8/2016 6:33:41 PM, Ardvark wrote:
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>>Yea, but I'm still around. Been looking at ways to post anonymously so Giganews doesn't
>>have reason to cut me off again.
>>
>>I might have to switch to another news server.
>>
>>sitkaman
>
>EXACTLY!!
>
>I've been posting since 1999. Under quite a few nyms. Actually posted
>more than 100 DVD's here under a different nym :). Used to converse
>with CxL, Burley, Lec, Rocker, DKong and others - long story; another
>life. Lost everything - all my DVD's save some I had in a storage
>locker and others that were loaned out - again long story!
>
>Well I'm back and trying to get my collection back (or some semblance
>of it). Your posting of the DVD's frin your list that you started in
>May 2014 has been a life saver for me - allowing me to catch up on all
>my lost DVD's - THANK YOU!! Thank you.
>
>Then you stopped in Jan of this year. I just have been going through
>the threads and discovered why.
>
>Allow me to share my experience with Giganews - they are great for
>downloads; but don't post through them! I have been targeted by CC,
>ATK, DFD, and others for my 'copyrighted' posts. Always through
>Giganews. I changed nyms; used different credit cards, changed
>providers; but Giganews always caught up with me and did the same
>thing - either stop posting or we'll cancel your account.
>
>I think it was BJtheDJ through a.b.n.female.bodyhair or
>a.b.n.f.b.pubes; or it may have been someone in the pornstars.80s
>group ... anyway - I bought a block account through AstraWEB
>http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials
>I bought a 180gb 1 time account about 3 years ago for $25. They keep
>the account open until your download count goes to 0. You can post all
>you want with no limit. They do sometimes follow DCMA takedowns from
>the vendors and distributors - but they have never come after me!
>So my suggestion would be keep Giganews for downloads and text posts;
>but use Astraweb for posting all your binary posts. And actually some
>of the really old stuff like the TLBS stuff that Donmaster posted is
>all out there with Astraweb but not with Giganews - so go figure!
>
>So whatever you decide to do ... I thank you with a 1000 thanks for
>all your (re) posts of this groups uploads from 2003?? or 2004 to your
>number 521 post. And your posting of the DVD list which was a
>lifesaver on checking before a post to see if it had already been
>posted.
>
>I believe there are many more who would appreciate your coming back
>too :) I hope this information helps?
>
>Ardvark
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