Are Usenet fans vulnerable to copyright lawsuits?

[jason]

xposted: From the Lemmingworks.

There goes the neighbourhood. I grew up working with usenet, all 8000 newsgroups, back when there were only 8k. I hear that there are over 30k of them now: Are Usenet fans vulnerable to copyright lawsuits? | CNET News.com “In a new series of lawsuits, Hollywood studios for the first time are targeting companies that provide access to Usenet newsgroups.”