-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Y'all <<why would one need a "service" (much less a paid one) to find and download anything on Usenet?>> It's not 'anyone who needs this service'; it's a service which someone else 'needs' to sell, because it's how he makes a living. <<what would a *legal* copy of HTOED be doing on Usenet in the first place?>> I dunno. Ask the copyright owners of HTOED. <<Did you just Google "FirstLoad"?>> I yahooed the string "Firstload review". The long and short of it: I would not pass my credit card no. to any service which could not show good cause to have it; sounds phishy to me. <MD FL> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk9BWnEACgkQHrcIRRZeloHiJACgnZJdfghvI7smY8UQOnis/p7C hh0AnjuPZhx2NeuxYTIsCkXmt3uZJfu4 =saG2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----