Kazaa Fights Back

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Posted by Hemos on Monday January 27, 2003 @05:56PM from the fight-the-good-fight dept.

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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First by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-27 18:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And next week, it's kazeeeee or whoever.
Re:Illegal by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-27 18:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"artical" is a typo. grow the fuck up.
Re:that makes no sense by WickedClean · 2003-01-27 18:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Oh yeah, and anything the RIAA does makes sense? They keep pushing crap like Britney and Whitney and wonder why nobody wants to buy CDs any more...what do you expect?

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Re:Especially Child Porn! by Secret+Chimp · 2003-01-27 18:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

wow damn, I repied to the wrong comment.
Re:Illegal by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-27 18:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Did you mean a misspelling?
kewl!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-27 18:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

what terms should I search for to find this wonderful stuff comrade?
Re:Illegal by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-27 18:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey, are you the same guy (ie. Acidic Diarrhea) who highlights letters in words to spell out racist words?!

If so, stop being racist.
Re:Illegal by altaic · 2003-01-27 18:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No, I'm not.
Re:Especially Child Porn! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-27 19:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

you had me laughing like a busload of children going to a clown's execution
KDE 3.1 released by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-27 20:39 · Score: -1, Offtopic

isn't it about a time /. to say that version 3.1 of the #1 desktop is released?
In Soviet Russia... by Space · 2003-01-28 05:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...The RIAA Sues Kazaa...
um...

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