Steal This File Sharing Book: What They Wont Tell You About File Sharing

Thought downloading a DVD took a long time? Try downloading a High-Definition TV (HDTV) show from the alt.binaries.hdtv newsgroup, created in early 2004. An HDTV post of the movie Shrek consumed 4.159GB, a post so large that people spent several 24-hour days downloading it with their broadband modems.

The newsgroup’s posts are so large that some newsgroup veterans fear that newsgroup servers won’t be able to handle the increased load. Of course, people have been heralding the demise of newsgroups since file sharing first began, but to be safe, visit the newsgroup while the looting’s available.