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KaZaA Resumes Downloads, Company Sold?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the watson-bring-me-my-sleuthing-hat dept.

Robert Johnson writes "According to an article on Dotcom Scoop, popular file-sharing service KaZaA may have been sold over the weekend. "As of last week the company was based in the Netherlands. However, upon close examination of its new terms of use license, the company now says, "This License as well as all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the New South Wales, without regard to or application of choice of law rules or principles. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this License, or in future agreements resulting there from, shall be exclusively resolved before the competent court in New South Wales," the article states. New South Wales is an Australian state." Update Apparently the website reverted to the former content which might raise a few eyebrows. Update: 01/21 18:17 GMT by T : DotcomScoop writes: "KaZaA isssued a statement regarding its sale after our story was published." Here is the statement and a little more info.

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  1. I bought them! by LordNimon · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll admit it - I bought the company. Don't believe me? I have a receipt for $24.95 to prove it.

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    And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start
    To mold a new reality... closer to the heart
  2. Geography? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "New South Wales is an Australian state."

    So sorry, we Amerikuns can't learn geography this way. Australia needs to piss us off so we bomb NSW, and then CNN can show us where it is.

  3. Brought to you by Conspiracy Theorists!!! by El+Camino+SS · · Score: 3, Funny


    Its a trap! Don't do it! They said they were free! All I wanted was some more Pogues bootlegs and now I've got a black helicopter in my yard!

    Oh my God...They're coming in! Aiiiiiiiieeeeee...

    (PAUSE- THEN DIALTONE)

  4. Sad for Aussies... by El+Camino+SS · · Score: 3, Funny


    I mean, they get KaZaA in their back yard...

    AND THEY HAVE TO PAY WHAT, 5 BAZILLION A MONTH FOR BROADBAND? With a bandwidth cap?

    I can already see a whole bunch of Aussies looking up in the sky and moaning like Heston at the end of Planet of the Apes when they find this out.

    "Damn you! Damn you all! ARrrrgggghhhh!"

  5. Re:Napster Mark II by liquidsin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Okay, new game. Who wants to make acronyms for KAZAA that indicate how f*cked they are?

    I'm sure that when they shut down again, we can all proclaim them
    Killed Again by Zealous Aussie Attorneys

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    do not read this line twice.
  6. Re-sume or Res-u-me' ? by billstewart · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait - are they saying you can resume downloading now? Or are they saying you can download their resumes if you're interested in hiring them? :-)

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    Bill Stewart
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