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KaZaA Collapses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it dept.

MikeKD writes "according to SFGate, KaZaA has announced that it will fold due to the cost of defending itself against the RIAA & MPAA. The timing is notable since on Monday, Altnet (owned by Brillant Digital) announced plans for "sponsored listings in peer-to-peer search" on its "separate [and] secure P2P resource-sharing network"."

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  1. More in-depth article at CNET by silvaran · · Score: 4, Informative

    CNet has a longer article with quotes from testimony, etc. @ Kazaa, Morpheus legal case collapsing.

  2. Re:Cheers! by Gibbys+Box+of+Trix · · Score: 4, Informative

    many gnutella clients allow you to download from multiple sources.

    Which, specifically? If I like it, then this Kazaa user will bring all his files to Gnutella.

    My experiences of Gnutella recently (using Limewire) have been that there are few files, most of which you can't even begin to download (file unavailable, retrying in 10..9..8..7..etc), when you are lucky enough to get one, it's incomplete, or not what it says it is. It's okay for music, but even then doesn't have the selection that's available on Kazaa.

    Compare and contrast to Kazaa from which I have recently got RTCW, Spiderman (movie and game), Fifa World Cup 2002, Freedom Force, Jedi Knight II, and am currently getting GTA3.