it probably will with aggressive advertising all over various file sharing portals and clients like newsbin that make downloading easier than using napster. only entry barrier left is that you have to pay for it but there are already services out there that provide ad financed usenet access.
Indeed, it is interesting that the focus is on these web-based file download services, yet NNTP services like GigaNews (http://www.giganews.com/) continue to make money while falling under the radar. And let's face it -- most of their traffic probably directly comes from pirated material from alt.binaries.* groups. These NNTP services even boast large retention times for binary groups and offer anonymous VPN access.
