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 Thanks guys.  I appreciate the information. Wish I knew more about how 
 Usenet works. 
  
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 "punchfast"  wrote in message 
 news:gWcue.72782$6g3.36170@tornado.texas.rr.com... 
 > I'm not sure if this is the right group to ask this, but if not maybe 
 > someone can direct me to the proper group. 
 > 
 > IN newsgroups that have downloadable files, ( music, movies, pictures, 
 > software) is it possible for these files to be monitored or tracked? 
 > Couldn't the Recording industry be monitoring the groups of music or 
 > movies and capture the IP addresses of those Downloading or Uploading 
 > copyrighted media?  They did it with Kazaa, why not the Usenet? 
 > 
 > thanks for any insights. 
 > 
  
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