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Kazaa Continues to Evolve

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Don't download it! by Mr_Silver · · Score: 4, Informative
    Obvious point for some, but still I'll make it.

    Wait until Kazaa Lite is released before you go downloading it. Unfortunately www.kazaalite.com doesn't work any more but doa2.host.sk (which is where www.k-lite.tk points to) does.

    At the moment they only have 1.7.2 up there, but give them a chance and check back next week.

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  2. Re:I take it from the summary... by NineNine · · Score: 4, Informative

    No need to wait. The lite version has been out for quite some time... http://www.kazaalite.com

  3. Re:The clock is ticking by Bamfsog · · Score: 4, Informative
    The difference between FedEx and the Kazaa/Napster networks is that the MAJORITY of the file sharing network's content is a problem. Their primary business and attraction to end users is the illegal content.

    There was an article in the news the other day about a guy selling weed at KFC, and slipping it into the orders. The majority of the business being done was still tasty chicken, so KFC wasn't the problem. If they had removed 90% of their menu and replaced it with Weed, then they would be shutdown.

  4. Don't use Kazaa, try Edonkey by Jacek+Poplawski · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think Kazaa will die like Napster or AudioGalaxy did. Don't use Kazaa. Please try edonkey2000 network. It's free, it's available not only for Windows, and you don't need to watch any commercials.

    official (closed source) client: edonkey2000
    free (GPL) client: mldonkey
    free, Windows-only client: emule
    ShareReactor community: ShareReactor