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."

Comments

Music?

[forming]

I thought Kazaa was just for p0rn?

Re:Music?

[fruity1983]

Well, this one time I downloaded a porn and it had some pretty sweet rock in the background.

Re:Music?

[Timmeh]

You guys laugh about this, but seriously it happened. I'm a fairly big Beatles fan, but although owning a great deal of their CDs, I had never ventured into their individual solo careers looking for music.

Until I saw a porno where this guy "picked up" this chick in a grocery store, with John Lennon's 'Imagine' playing in the background.

'Hey, he made some good music after the Beeatles didn't he?' Since then I've downloaded several Lennon solo songs (I recommend "Look At Me" "Hold On" "Cold Turkey" "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)"), and have since purchased his _Plastic Ono Band_ album, _Walls and Brigdes_, and tommorrow I'm probably going to down to the record shop to get _Imagine_.

So no joke, I seriously got into John Lennon through watching a porno movie I downloaded off of Kazaa. I love the internet...

Kazaa?

[Anonymous Coward]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!.....yelled the angry MPAA while Kazaa laughed and said, "From hell's heart, I stab at thee".

(er, "KAZAAAAA" I meant...)

Huh?

[Black Parrot]

> Kazaa may actually have a hope.

How's that? Did someone actually find some good music to steal?

Re:Money question

[Anonymous Coward]

Horny housewife sluts paid for my college education. Don't you tell me ads don't pay off!

That's weird. I just downloaded Kazaa:

[Elwood P Dowd]

"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!"

Re:Big legal mistake...

[Kragg]

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'.

It won't just stop at Kazaa....

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Money question

[Idarubicin]

That's a terrible thing to say about your mother.