Police raid USENET service, Arrest operator, Seize data

[icarusfoundyou]

[quote]A France-based Usenet provider says that his service has been raided and shutdown by the police. The 5,000 user 'Newsoo' service appears to have been a labor of love for its owner, but all data is now in the hands of authorities after he was arrested. A long-standing complaint by anti-piracy outfit SACEM appears to have been the trigger.[/quote]

[quote]While questioning whether the shutdown of his service was appropriate, Optix says that it actually came as a relief. Describing Newsoo as an addictive project in which he was responsible for everything, the combination of little time with his family and no financial incentive eventually became too much.

“Revenues were automatically fed back into the activity itself, I took no salary, no dividends, nada, niet, zilch – zero personal enrichment. In other words, everything earned [was always spent on] new machines, new fibers, and the network,” he says.[/quote]

[url]https://torrentfreak.com/police-raid-usenet-service-arrest-operator-seize-data-160325/[/url]

[Electrocuter]

sounds like he's happy it's been ended

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;50016780]sounds like he's happy it's been ended[/QUOTE]

Probably, right up until he gets slapped with 1Bn$ damages and 30 years in prison

[Passing]

30 years in prison would be nothing for someone who has been slaving away running that thing for how long now?