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Originally Posted by vmfriend
I find it a bit odd that someone would pay to download copyrighted material ?
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Why? - not to condone such practice, but one legitimate DVD can cost more than a months subscription to a newsgroup download service.
Also, specifically for TV programs, it is often possible to download episodes of series being shown in the USA significantly in advance of their screening in the UK. Some people find that worth a relatively small monthly fee.
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As a percentage then, and honestly i am genuinely interested, what proportion is legit and what isn't ?
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I wouldn't even try to estimate that - there are over 100,000 newsgroups, a lot (especially the 'text' groups) carry legitimate content, others, such as the 'alt.binary' groups carry a lot of copyright infringing material.