iKOZ » warez http://blog.kosso.co.uk { memoirs and scars of an interactive multimedia veteran } Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:39:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Guba deals with Sony http://blog.kosso.co.uk/2006/07/11/guba-deals-with-sony/ http://blog.kosso.co.uk/2006/07/11/guba-deals-with-sony/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:16:48 +0000 kosso http://kosso.co.uk/wp_blog/?p=149 I just read that Guba signed a deal with Sony Pictures. Hmmm.. good news – I think. But has Sony even heard of Usenet Binaries? The last time I looked at Guba it was a web portal to the world of binary file newsgroups – full of every piece of video and software you could think of. It’s (Usenet) always been like that since the dawn of the net. Now Guba (so-called file sharing service) have Sony sitting at the front door with them, I think Sony will spit out it’s coffee when it finally learns what it actually is they’re sitting on. The net’s oldest and best kept secret – for people who don’t like to pay for things. It taught me the meaning of the word ‘warez’ over a decade ago.

Go to alt.binaries.nl and look up Spiderman, for example (a Sony property) – oooo dear

When I first saw Guba, it pleased me to see more innovation for web-based access to newsgroups (still the BEST posting / comment / threading blog/forum type system there ever was).I did my bit to help get alt.binaries.podcasts set up. I have always seen binary newsgroups as a possible (limited timespan) storage method for podcasters. Free global distribution too!

Usenet is RIPE for OPML and RSS connection!

PHP should be able to access newsgroups via IMAP.

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