General E. Pisthoffe <Pisthoffe@KWTF-TV.com> on Fri, 23 Feb 2018
22:44:46 -0600 typed in alt.binaries.e-book.technical the following:
>Generally current television shows and/or movies. They use obfuscated
>filenames (often passworded), and post them in all sorts of
>newsgroups, to throw off the DMCA lawyer goons who send court orders
>to Usenet providers have them deleted when the real filename is used.
>
>Pain in the a$$, but it's what uploaders of that material have to go
>though to get their stuff posted these days and not zapped in a few
>hours. And a big nuisance for many newsgroup users to get their groups
>flooded with inappropriate, gobblegook filesnames.
>
>Welcome to 2017 and onward on the once-convenient service called
>Usenet.
>
>General E Pisthoffe
>"And because of this crap, I'm generally pissed off."
Thanks.
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pyotr filipivich
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