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Kazaa Fights Back

Cracula writes "CNET is reporting that tonight Kazaa filed a lawsuit against the major record labels and Hollywood studios, asserting that they are attempting to stifle a legitimate and potentially profit-cutting business model. Sharman Networks (owner of Kazaa) says that their model is fundmentally different than Napster because their major goal is to make money off their companion program Altnet that delivers authorized, paid content. While this may sound like a shot in the dark, last year a federal judge actually ruled that the record labels' current efforts to provide online access to their music may run afoul of anti-trust laws. Kazaa may actually have a hope."

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  1. Re:Illegal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Tell me, please, what the fuck is an "artical"?

  2. Re:Illegal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No, it's not a typo. A typo would have been, "articel". It was obviously a mispelling by an illiterate fuck. I suppose you also think, "alot" is a typo? Or "loose" (as in "lose")?

    Moron. Go suck on some fecal matter, troll.

  3. WHAT FREEDOM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Freedom to get music and videos for free?? If Kazaa charged a monthly subscription, people like you who coward behind 'freedom', would not even install it! You'll find some other scum comapny's software; a company with a business to make money without paying for content.

    bah!

  4. Re:Illegal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "I always thought sabotaging a company's network was illegal."

    I always thought downloading copyrighted material was illegal.