To be honest, it's not such a huge problem as it seems... For now. Usenet was there long before torrents and file lockers, but majority of people don't even know about it's existence. It's not that easy to download something from Usenet - you have to use special app, you have to pay for using it without limitations, you have to know where to look for stuff. And most of pirates won't pay for anything - they don't have enough money or just think that everything should be free.
Usenet was always one of the first warez distribution channels (like IRC and ftp) and it seems that will stay that way, because it gives you the highest level of anonymity - no logs, encrypted connection through third-world chained proxies and vpn's bundled with your $20 Usenet plan, paying with prepaid cards, ukash or sms...
It can turn into real problem if more people learn about benefits of Usenet though...
That's why Usenet is being used for much worse and shady things than piracy... Sad but true.
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ISP-operated Usenet servers frequently block access to all alt.binaries.* groups to both reduce network traffic and to avoid related legal issues. Commercial Usenet service providers claim to operate as a telecommunications service, and assert that they are not responsible for the user-posted binary content transferred via their equipment. In the United States, Usenet providers can qualify for protection under the DMCA Safe Harbor regulations, provided that they establish a mechanism to comply with and respond to takedown notices from copyright holders.
Removal of copyrighted content from the entire Usenet network is a nearly impossible task, due to the rapid propagation between servers and the retention done by each server...
...Also unlike modern P2P services, the identity of the downloaders is hidden from view. On P2P services a downloader is identifiable to all others by their network address. On Usenet, the downloader connects directly to a server, and only the server knows the address of who is connecting to it. Some Usenet providers do keep usage logs, but not all make this logged information casually available to outside parties such as the RIAA.
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