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CEO of Brilliant Defends Sneaky Installation Practices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the make-money-fast dept.

Em Emalb and other readers sent in follow-ups to our earlier story about yet more bundled crapware with Kazaa. Kazaa says they didn't do anything wrong; and so does Brilliant's CEO. I don't understand why anyone is still installing Kazaa, given their track record. Brilliant's brilliant plan is to use your computer to distribute their advertising, and give out Altnet resource dollars in exchange.

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  1. Interesting thought by wiredog · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since the software isbeing used for illegal purposes, could the advertisers be liable? They are supporting it, after all...

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  2. Re:here's why by Verloc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was coming in here to post just this comment.

    I told my brother, my girlfriend and my sister about the spyware and the distributed client, and you know what? They don't give two shits.

    Kazaa is the best way to get what they're looking for, and they don't care about anything else. Period. I have a friend who, instead of downloading music is now downloading music videos with Kazaa.

    Sure it strikes me as odd that nobody cares, but that's why they're still installing Kazaa.

  3. Why people use it?!?!? by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't understand why anyone is still installing Kazaa, given their track record.

    You get free sharing across a network, at the price of some advertising.


    Lemmie put it into terms slashdotters will understand, at the cost of my karma (cause michael will slap this down in a matter of seconds):
    I logged into slashdot today to find that there are LARGE ads in the middle of their articles! I don't understand why people use this site, after their trackrecord of ignoring their users, abusing their power, and insulting the users!

    Is that example a troll? A flamebait?
    Then so is the article explanation by michael!

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  4. Re:Cycleware? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I like the idea in some respects, but if it's anything like the opt-in distributed-computing projects (distributed.net, prime95, etc.), it hangs around forever, raising three issues:

    1. Imagine the overhead of 30 or 40 of those programmes fighting over your CPU.

    2. When have I made my penance?

    3. Why does the guy with the 486/50 get the package essentially free, but my Thunderbird 1200 gives them loads of useful work in exchange?

    I'd be more comfortable with a system where you "buy" the product with a specific piece of work, perhaps built into the installer. I'd like to see something like this:

    "To cover the cost of this programme, we want to use your computer to help solve: 'New Preservative Design for Twinkies, Inc.'. Your contribution will require 1.7M of download, a 500k upload of the results, and approximately 25 hours of CPU time on a Pentium III/500. When your contribution is complete, the distributed-computing component will be automatically and completely removed from the system. [OK][Cancel][Huh?]"