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Anyone still using usenet? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 months ago by Pat_Riot@lemmy.today to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Title says it. Is anyone still on the newsgroups? For reasons I need to amass a large collection of music in MP3 format, preferably full albums, and I'd like to do it somewhat quickly. Is there a better place to hunt before I buy news server access? I been on land for too many years.

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[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

Yes.

I get my music from slsk though, try nicotine+ (client for soulseek).

Thanks for reminding me to hunt for that one japanese album I can't find anywhere on usenet though, that's the only place I haven't looked. Can't even buy a physical copy (and would be willing, I've been looking so long).

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

I need some files to have some files, lol. I'll see what I can do.

[-] almost1337@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Grab a couple of "pay what you want" albums from bandcamp and you should be good to go.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Perfect

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's why I hate those people.

anything should work though, text files, videos, game roms, just anything to trick the bots.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Gotcha. Thanks for the tip!

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