TV's Frink said:

Jetrell Fo said:

I pay for my bandwidth as do those who are looking to download.

Funcha said:

Following that line of reasoning we shouldn't allow any money to go to the manufacturers of the recordable Blu-rays we'll be burning the files to also.

Neither of these statements are relevant. There are free alternatives to newsgroups. And if a project is only made available on newsgroups, then you are forced to pay for it. No one is forcing you to use recordable blu-rays.

JFTR, I don't care one way or the other. I have no interest in non-OT preservations. Just pointing out what should be obvious.

I pay for internet access, I pay for increased bandwith. I pay for email address and I have had newsgroups ever since I got online. It used to be that the Internet Service Providers would have newsgroup access, they just never made mention of it, Check you may have access and not know it. But I pay extra for mine to have more allowable download data