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KaZaA Wants to Be An Official Content Distributor
scubacuda writes "Detroit News: Nikki Hemming, CEO of KaZaA, says KaZaA wants to be the official online distributor for the entertainment industry. 'Realize that this technology is inexorable, and come to the table,' says Hemming to our friends Hilary Rosen and Jack Valenti."
Paid downlaods and pirated versions of the same song, side by side...
Who doesn't like free music?
Kazaa is already an official distributor of viruses so sure, why not. I have become quite intimate with my Registry since installing Kazaa (and not in a good way). It's enough to make a guy go legit!
Hilary: Hey, Jack, did you get that email from the Kazaa guys? :)
Jack: Yeah, what about it?
Hilary: Is that something we should consider doing?
Jack: Did I miss Hell freezing over or something?
Hilary: No, no, I'm just fucking with you
Jack: Phew, I thought you were serious there for a minute. Don't do that!
Is it me, or does it seem like the last stage of a P2P before collapse is attempting to go legit?
You don't piss in the face of competitors, laugh at them for it, and then expect them to actually WORK with you.
Unless you're Microsoft.
Aren't they that already?
and besides, an interview is such a poor way of making the announcement. Far better to walk out onto your balcony, look down on your hordes of Uruk-Hai, and proclaim, "a New Power is Rising..."
Stop by my site where I write about ERP systems & more
It's going to be pretty hard to gain credibility with ANY company, when every single search phrase comes up with something about child porn.
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"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell
KAZAA
There is no escape. Don't make
me destroy you. You do not yet
realize your importance. You
have only begun to discover your
power. Join me and I will complete
your training. With our combined
strength, we can end this destructive
conflict and bring order to the
galaxy.
RIAA/MPAA
I'll never join you!
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"KaZaA Wants to Be An Official Content Distributor"
And I want to be an Astronaut.
I think I like my chances better.
-- "Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
Having their trademarked name in alternating caps doesn't speak volumes about piracy intent, now does it?
ph33r.
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
> Kazaa has basically made it's reputation spitting in the face of media companies.
.001% of the profits and if the user downloads anything but approved RIAA content we do a pop-up warning. After the second warning we wipe their drive. Deal?"
Perhaps, but they also share a complete disdain of anything that gets in the way of profits. I doubt kazaa would have any problems pushing the most draconian DRM app in their newest update. I can picture the hypothetical conversation right now...
"Okay, so we agree. Kazaa gets
"Umm, can't you do a little better?"
"Okay before we wipe the drive we'll do 20 wipes on their My Documents folder and media files so they can't recover them."
"I like, but its missing something..."
"It'll post their SSN and any personal info we find during install to a newsgroup too."
"And send a 'I quit letter' to their boss and a 'You were never a good mother' email to their mom?"
"Deal. No one reads these EULAs anyway."
KaZaA: Now Distributing All the Porn and Warez the World has to Offer for Only $19.95 a month!
And, if you order now, we'll also include a free 5-warez trial of UniversalKeygen v1.0!
This offer is not available in stores! However, the first 50 callers will receive a free plastic keyboard cover, mouse cover and even a monitor cover! NO MORE CLEANING UP THAT MESS AFTER VIEWING THAT FAKE BRITNEY SPEARS HARDCORE ACTION FLICK!
Just call 888.PIE.RACY
Trent Polack
www.polycat.net
"Is it always this bad right after a story is posted? Or perhaps the subject just brought out the loonies.."
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"You're getting brutal, Sark. Brutal and needlessly sadistic."
"Thank you, Master Control"
-Sark and the MCP
What a complete piece of flem! Not only does KaZaA infest computers with spyware, the sleezebag company is lobbying to impose a tax on all internet users to pay for their theft.
Personally, I can see no reason why people who do not partake in file sharing and are very concientious of others intellectual rights should end up having to pay the price for KaZaA's actions.
Isn't it interesting how people who are theives at heart tend to so quickly look to taxing others.
Of course, the whole point of P2P is to push the cost of your entertainment on othe others. So, demanding that others pay a direct tax is really not a stretch.
Since most politicians are theives at heart, it might pass.
"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
RIAA/MPAA to KaZaa:
Wow. That sounds like a really good deal. I've got a better one. How about I give you the finger, and you give me the unique IP of all your users?
"The Wright brothers were the first to fly with a heavier-than-air machine, but boy did they have a lousy plane"