date%%Wednesday--December--22%% 12-22-1~~~Dupecheck.com Closes~~~12:35 PM~~~www.dupecheck.com the world famous search site was taken down by it's owners after a conflict of interest with the B.S.A. Here is what the webpage says ..
Sorry people, Dupecheck doesn't exist anymore. We decided to take it down.
Why ? It seems that the information about a release (filename, groupname, ...) is already a problem for the BSA because it helps to find pirated software. You all know that we don't have pirated software here but we don't wont to get too much trouble with the BSA so we took it down. Please don't ask when Dupecheck will come back or where because it wont ... We thank all people who helped to make dupecheck what it was.
- The Dupecheck-Team
Source: Dupecheck~~~scenenews@defacto2.net~~~~~~Scenenews~~~~~~ date%%Wednesday--December--15%% 12-15-1~~~Windows 2000~~~5:41 PM~~~Well CoreUtil has released all three versions of Microsoft Windows 2000. Some sites have already nuked these releases claiming they are not final, which maybe true. But rumours on the net say that this release (version number) is the release that will go gold and be sold in the shops next February.

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Microsoft.Windows.2000.Server.Full.Retail.and.Upgrade.Final-COREUTiL~~~scenenews@defacto2.net~~~~~~Scenenews~~~~~~ date%%Wednesday--December--8%% 12-8-2~~~Anyone Want A Job?~~~9:59 PM~~~The Scene News has implemented a new cgi scripting system that now makes updating this page alot easier (and requires no html editing) for the posters. To celebrate our new system we are going to add a couple of more reporters to the team. If anyone is interested in writing news articles about the rip scene for The Scene News please e-mail scenenews@defacto2.net. A good grasp of English is needed as well as knowledge of the scene and the happenings within it. The Scene News is also very selective of what it posts so keep this in mind to if you are interested.~~~scenenews@defacto2.net~~~~~~Scenenews~~~ 12-8-1~~~Sceners Go Nintendo~~~4:54 PM~~~A bunch of sceners (active and inactive) from a variety of scenes (ansi/demos/warez) have gotten together to form a company that develops Game Boy Color games. Some of the group names that the people were involved with include ACiD, Beyond, ICE, Razor 1911, Renaissance, TRSi and Xography. Judging from those names you can see an all star list. They have recently released a new little music album on the Game Boy at www.paragon5.com in keeping to their scene roots.~~~scenenews@defacto2.net~~~~~~Scenenews~~~~~~