Kazaa Continues to Evolve

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 23, 2002 @03:02AM from the gotta-make-some-money dept.

Zephy writes "The New York Times (free registration etc.. ) has an article about a new partnership between Kazaa, and Tiscali, the European internet access provider. Seems that Kazaa will carry ads for Tiscali's broadband services in return for a cash 'bounty' when a user signs up for broadband. To quote the article, 'This gives legitimacy to KaZaA.' Also, Cnet has an article about the new Kazaa version which has features designed to help users avoid corrupt or wrong files such as those spread around p2p by the MP/RIAA."

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Finally by batboy78 · 2002-09-23 03:05 · Score: 4, Funny

I like to have all of my pr0n named properly
How does this give legitimacy? by BoomerSooner · 2002-09-23 03:09 · Score: 4, Funny

The line is what? "Sign up for broadband and you can steal even more music online!"

Sounds legit to me. (end sarcasm)
Legitimacy, arrrrr by tuxedo-steve · 2002-09-23 03:09 · Score: 5, Funny

To quote the article, 'This gives legitimacy to KaZaA.'
Yes, and to quote the KaZaA CEO:
"Arrr, me harties! This be giving us legitimacy! We sail for New Orleans, with our bounty of broadband gold and pirrrrated MP3s!"
Just because you're the King of Spain's privateering vessel doesn't mean you don't have a peg-leg and a parrot. Get me?

--
- SMJ - (It's not just a name: it's a bad aftertaste.)
Re:The clock is ticking by forgoil · 2002-09-23 03:29 · Score: 3, Funny

Why shouldn't RIAA stop them? If they would have done legal business instead of spreading illegal copies of copyrighted material I don't think that RIAA would stop them.

Whine all you want, but it is justifying theft, one way or the other, to think that it is ok to have services such as Kazaa.

I hate RIAA as much as the next guy, and I am not too happy about MPAA either, but then again, I am not happy about a lot of things really, but that doesn't make me some kind of moral superhero for the people...
Re:The clock is ticking by dustman · 2002-09-23 07:10 · Score: 3, Funny

Would you be the first to turn in your friends and family, or are the people that made the tools responsible for bending and warping their puny little minds into acts of wonton piracy?

Arrr, me eye spots another trade ship from the orient! Ready the cannons, and pull hard to starboard! Wonton soup for everyone who lives through it boys, and if luck be with us, we'll score some crab rangoons and general tso's chicken!