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January 2009

hmm.. there's some duplication there. -- Sy / ^(talk) 13:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NewzXXX.com registrations aren't open either. --131.130.1.135 (talk) 16:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NewzXXX.com

Please provide references to establish the notability of NEWZXXX.COM. It is not enough to say one specific website is notable, therefore all others maintained by the same webmaster must be equally noteworthy. Wikispan (talk) 18:12, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just removed it: I followed the link and it's just a link to Newzbin.com, i.e. the information about it being a separate site is fiction and the whole section is misleading, a borderline spam attempt to attract people to the site. I also removed a third link to the site: only one link to the official site's needed unless there are exceptional reasons for others.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 15:27, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The link is to the global login page. Once past the login it becomes a separate site to the main site. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 16:14, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What about money?

To run such a service costs money. How does NewzBin pay their bills? Especially when copyright violations are involved it's quite interesting if someones making money with it. --78.54.61.28 (talk) 21:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Registrations

This was removed because it was unsourced and potentially misleading: "On 17 June 2008, new user registration was closed and the site became accessible only to existing members. New members could join only by means of an invitation from an existing member. Existing members had only a limited number of invitations available." In March 2010, Mr. Justice Kitchin said that the site had "a sophisticated and substantial infrastructure and in the region of 700,000 members, though not all premium". Newzbin has a sign up page here (which will be blocked for BT users). The exact current position on subscriptions for premium members is unclear, and needs a citation.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:23, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Site history - Year of foundation?

The domain name newzbin.com was registered on 8 May 2002 [1], but information about the early history of the site is very thin on the ground. Any help welcome here.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:22, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That means Newzbin was founded in 2002? Thanks for updating the info in the article! Hippo99 (talk) 07:50, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The original Newzbin site was probably launched in 2002, but it would be original research to say this in the article. All we know for sure is that the domain name was registered in 2002.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:06, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did it really close down in 2012? I remember accessing it several times in 2013. I wonder what I was looking at?Robinrobin (talk) 23:36, 26 December 2013 (UTC) http://www.binsearch.info/Robinrobin (talk) 23:45, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Binsearch.info is a separate site, not affiliated to Newzbin as far as I can tell. There are other Usenet search engines, and they are easily found in a search on the term. After Newzbin put up the goodbye message, it did not return, unless anyone knows differently.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:57, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Title of judges

Someone is being a smartass... why are all the judges involved in legal proceedings called "Mr. Justice" as their first name?

If someone's name is John Doe, and they are a court judge, it would be better as "Justice John Doe" with any appropriate initials after his name.

Someone needs to fix this issue, but it won't be me. Just a heads up.

69.144.88.52 (talk) 00:38, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See List of High Court judges of England and Wales, which says "all High Court judges are entitled to the judicial style Mr/Mrs Justice X". Mr Justice Kitchin is used in the sourcing here, The Guardian uses Justice Arnold here. This isn't a mistake, as "Mr Justice" is often used in media coverage, even though it is rather formal. The ruling about the film studios uses the full title "The Honourable Mr Justice Kitchin", which is even more formal.[2]--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 05:33, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

December 2015

At the time of writing, Newzbin2.es is showing a get rich quick scheme on the main page, screenshot here. This is nothing to do with the original Newzbin, so the URL has been removed from the infobox.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:20, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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