General Public Realizes KaZaa is Spyware

blankmange writes "CNet is reporting the slow dawning of the general public to KaZaa and spyware. "Virginia Watson unwittingly authorized a company she'd never heard of to install software that would help turn her computer into part of a brand-new network. The software, from Brilliant Digital Entertainment, came with the popular Kazaa file-swapping program. But the 65-year-old Massachusetts resident--who has a law degree--didn't read Kazaa's 2,644-word "terms of service" contract, which stated that Brilliant might tap the "unused computing power and storage space" of Watson's computer. " " Fortunately the helpful graph in the article compares the complexity of IRS tax forms with Brilliant's terms of use... guess which one is harder to read?

Comments

That's why we have Kazaa Lite!

[arnoroefs2000]

Get it here or here

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Extra Features compared to original KaZaA
- No Adware
- No Spyware
- No banners
- No bitratelimit for mp3 files
- No irritating websites loaded into KaZaA
- No crappy BDE Viewer
- No f*cking Bonzi Buddy
- Set up multiple users with the included PseudoTrack tool

GREAT! MORE LAWS!

[inKubus]

Hey, let's just pave the way for lawyers to have further control of the fucking world! That's exactly what we need! To have this issue debated and decided by computer ILLITERATES who will end up fucking us all straight up the pooper! YAY! HAVEN'T WE LEARNED, FOLKS?!

If you are too LAZY to learn the facts, to learn how to compile your own open source software, to learn how to fix your own plumbing, YOU ARE GOING TO BE GETTING SCREWED BY SOMEONE WHO DOES KNOW.

So please. Don't ask for new laws. Learn the facts. And then make money off the people who don't know them.

Re:Why is this so difficult?

[osgeek]

The fact that these companies try to hide this stuff shows they know the systems are a bit shady.

Yeah! What's this world coming to when you can't trust an outfit who puts out software designed to pirate copyrighted content?

Next thing you know, you won't be able to trust the ingredient label on the back of a bag of pot!