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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. where they should be... by bje2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is it me, or shouldn't they be based in Kazakstan???

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  2. Who Needs Kazaa? by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There are plenty of decentrlaized, absolutely unregulatable things for file sharing, like IRC.

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  3. Re:This does not make sense. by monkeydo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They sold to an Australian company, because an Australian company wanted to buy them.

    The proper question then is, "Why would an Australian company want to buy KaZaA given the Aussies view toward the Internet?" The answer is quite obviously that they think they can make money.

    KaZaA will be turned into a pay service just like Naptster and they will partner with the labels and try not to run afoul of the law. If they accomplish this it doesn't much matter where they are.

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  4. "If we can't kill them....lets buy them!" by Alehandro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LOL...big bro srtike again.:)
    If Kazza (btw in translation from Russian kazza means a female-buck..yes yes..the one with sharp horns and which gives milk.:))) will be charging for their service. It'll die as Napster died. What happened in company itself?. Ha... Good old american way to win wars. If we can't kill them....lets buy them. War in Afganistan is a good example. And now we have another exelent example of War@Work.

  5. He should have sold it to Cuba by aztektum · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Come on like Fidel would give two shits.

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  6. Re:kazaa working fine? by kilroy_hau · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    by trying to connect to any of a series of hardcoded supernodes

    Am I the only one that read "Hardcore supermodels" ???

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