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Kazaa to be shut down?

Posted by chrisd on from the it-aint-piracy-unless-you-have-an-eyepatch dept.

darkpriest writes "According to this article on The Register, the file sharing software KazaA has been ordered to cease copyright infringment. They have two weeks to comply with the Judges ruling or face a penalty of $40,000 a day." CD: We've gotten a number of submissions about this, I had no idea Kazaa was this popular (must be all those a's in their name). I bet anyday that the RIAA will sue cisco for making routers that could be used to infringe.

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  1. RTFA by Bonker · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is the decision of a Dutch court. Now, whether or not they're being paid off by RIAA interests is another matter entirely.

    Corrupt courts? I must be kidding, right? If only...

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