I’m in my first month of Usenet. I own several popular BluRay Movies but thought I’d save time ripping them manually and instead see what I could get off Usenet (NZBGeek + Eweka) now that my niece is visiting and needs entertainment.
I noticed a number of popular titles are consistently difficult to obtain (“aborted, cannot be completed”), even when live within only a few days, or even hours.
I assume this is a very vigilant DMCA takedown bot. How commonplace is this? And why does it only apply to some titles and not others?
Is it worth continuing with Usenet? I thought paying for content would ensure a certain “quality” of experience. So far, I’m a bit disappointed.
Isn’t usenet paid?
I tried once exploring it but found out have to pay my ISP or something, so went back to torrenting.
Usenet, while way better than torrenting, still requires multiple indexers and providers for this reason. I have 3 of each and rarely ever run into this issue except for very niche releases.
I’m just trying the scene out, but so far I’m put off by having to pay for both indexers and providers, and now I need multiple of both to get what I thought was basic content (a film about a boy wizard).
Maybe it’s a different problem causing my downloads to not even start, but the help page suggests DMCA as likely cause.
It’s understandable, sure. It’s also a little more complex up front. For me personally, the pros outweigh the cons and I’d much rather use Usenet over torrenting, even with the cost.
I definitely think it’s DMCA, unfortunately.
Generally this is why you want to have multiple providers - one that follows DMCA and one that follows NTD. That way, you have a higher chance of actually finding the content you want before it gets taken down.
I use a similar setup myself, though also make use of a Newsdemon block plan as a secondary usenet provider for any files Eweka doesn’t have. Since the two providers are on different nodes and in different copyright jurisdictions (Eweka implements NTD requests while Newsdemon implements DMCA requests), Newsdemon can often finish releases that Eweka is missing a portion of. Since Newsdemon is only useful on the off-chance that Eweka can’t finish a download, getting a one-time purchase block plan for it avoids needing to have another ongoing subscription.
On the off-chance that both fail (has yet to happen to me after switching to Eweka) and you don’t mind also using torrents, I’d suggest joining TorrentLeech as another source for many such releases.
What about using a VPN?
What benefit would a VPN give for OP’s problem?
If it’s a problem related to their location(country) it could be fixed with a VPN.
That’s not the problem here unfortunately. This is usually a complete take down on the server side, and has nothing to do with their location.
Personally I don’t use Usenet, I thought its location or some type of blocking by the ISP could be related to the problem, I think you are right and it must be a problem in the server side.
