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Shutting down Kazaa

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tough-to-do dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There is an interesting wired.com article on the fight between the world's media corporations and Kazaa. The lengths Kazaa has gone to to keep itself immune from attack (incorporated variously in Vanuatu (where?), Estonia and Australia), seem to have largely paid off - until now."

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  1. eMule is for bastards by hendridm · · Score: 0, Troll

    eMule is evil because it is seriously affecting eDonkey and Overnet performance. eDonkey is only good for private trading groups, IMO. Overnet is the ways to go, or Direct Connect rocks too if you have a shitload to share.

  2. Let them try; I have right on my side by Rat+Tank · · Score: 0, Troll

    As technically illegal as most of the activity on these networks is, it most certainly is not immoral. 99% of the files I download/upload on Kazaa may be copyrighted, but why should I pay for my music/movies?
    I have _fair use rights_ to do this, and besides, most of the music the RIAA churn out sucks, so why should I pay for it? Their business model just sucks; don't blame the people who merely share and trade. Information wants to be free.

  3. Re:Kazaa participation level by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    And that's my problem, how, exactly? If you can't upload, then you shouldn't be downloading. There's nothing anybody can do to stop you, but you *shouldn't* be leeching. And, you can very easily cap your upload speed. People who are sharing zero files are generally just cut off and added to my ban list (via IP).

  4. This is a US service - the headline should read.. by mholt108 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Vanuatu (where?), Estonia (where?) and Australia (where?)