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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."
I thought Kazaa was just for p0rn?
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!.....yelled the angry MPAA while Kazaa laughed and said, "From hell's heart, I stab at thee".
(er, "KAZAAAAA" I meant...)
> Kazaa may actually have a hope.
How's that? Did someone actually find some good music to steal?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Horny housewife sluts paid for my college education. Don't you tell me ads don't pay off!
wait, i'm confused, who's the troll?
I dunno about you, but I spent more than a $10 bill on porn last year.
This should be fun to watch, just like the "Alliance for Digital Progess" vs. the RIAA article that was front page a few days ago.
;)
I know which side I'm rooting for in this fight (unlike in the interception-bowl last Sunday
- "Nobody came out that night, not one was ever seen. But Old Man Stauf is waiting there, crazy sick and mean!"
...cause we all know about all the piracy that goes on there. You know what I'm taking about...all those ads for channels with "0 DAY WAITZ FULL RIPPED LINUX ISOS 24/7 DISTRO"
"Don't squeeze the Sharman".
Sigs are bad for your health.
"Thank you for downloading your personal advertising delivery system! Please follow the onscreen instructions so that we may deliver customized advertising content to your computer. Any use of this software that is not for the purposes of advertising distribution and delivery is strictly prohibited! Infringing use will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law! [ed note: that is, not prosecuted at all]
Have a nice day!"
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
Anotherwards, your business can't be illegal.
Mate, I don't know how old you are, but for your entire life to date, you've been mishearing people when they say 'in other words'.
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WTF? Who do you think you are, Dr. Evil? I don't see "Score: 5, Evil."
"I would rather all these P2P file sharing services got together and created an *open source* solution that allowed infrastructure for digital media delivery. I mean we have all the pieces it's just no one has put them together yet. Who wants Microsoft to pull their pieces together first and dominate yet another market?"
What do you think Gnutella and the million derivatives thereof are? How about Freenet? Next, you'll be suggesting we band together to form a "community" where we can share news and ideas. Perhaps we can call it "Slashdot!"
Yarr!
not to mention "this post is actually off topic" states very clearly that, although there was previously a shadow of doubt as to the off topicness of the post, it is infact off topic.
I can't help feeling that they almost deserve a swift kick in the balls like this.
Chuckle. That makes me picture a couple of SouthPark kids fighting over an MP3 collection and Cartman says:
I'll Ro-Sham-Bo you for them!
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
It has been discovered that Microsoft's "Internet Explorer" is being used to download pirate music from the net.
And a device called the "Telephone" can be used for lower-quality instant transmission of aforementioned music.
The creator of the "ear" (client) and the "Voicebox" (server) will also be brought to trial soon, once the Evolution/creation debate is finished, and a defendant can be found.
That's a terrible thing to say about your mother.
~Idarubicin