DJ has made it clear that the relationship with BT broke down for whatever reason and I respect his wishes.

As far as BT being a safe place, no torrent is safe whether private or public and anytime you download your more than likely been watched whether you upload or not. The powers that be don't care that you more than likely already own a legitimate copy.

As far as paying for a newsgroup subscription, each to their own, I know I don't have a problem with it but I also respect anyone that does. I certainly wouldn't be happy with paying him directly for his works as that would definitely be infringing on the legality of it all.

If DJ cannot find another torrent community he would be happy with to share his projects then I'd rather have a newsgroup discussion than nothing at all.