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KaZaA Wants to Be An Official Content Distributor

Posted by timothy on from the open-up dept.

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."

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  1. Do your part to improve /.'s English today! by markov_chain · · Score: 3, Informative


    inexorable

    \In*ex"o*ra*ble\, a. [L. inexorabilis: cf. F. inexorable. See In- not, and Exorable, Adore.] Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge. ``Inexorable equality of laws.'' --Gibbon. ``Death's inexorable doom.'' --Dryden.

    (courtesy dictionary.com)

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  2. Re:Eww by deadsaijinx* · · Score: 3, Informative

    kazaalite has the word kazaa in it. Sans spywayre and ads. it's good for the occasional song download.

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  3. Kazaa does not apply hashing by flowerp · · Score: 3, Informative


    And hence the downloads degrade nearly every generation. IMHO Kazaa is the most comprehensible source for incomplete and corrupted files.

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  4. Translation for those interested by Mikey-San · · Score: 4, Informative

    KaZaA to media organizations:

    "Either get in business with us or we'll continue making it dirt-easy to steal your content."

    See also:

    http://www.bartleby.com/61/87/E0298700.html

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  5. Re:ISP contracts by Ramze · · Score: 4, Informative
    Their latest Kazaa 2.5 gives you "points" for hosting files which you can then use to "buy" certain songs or video clips or use to enter into contests (so many points = one entry to the sweepstakes, I guess). You get the short end of the stick either way as it takes thousands of points to buy a song & you can only buy from a crappy selection at the moment. Also, I'm sure the odds of winning contests aren't that great. Oh, also you only get points if someone actually downloads one of their paid hosted files from your machine -- not just the fact that you're hosting it.

    I think I'll stick to Kazaa Lite & switch to WinMX or eDonkey2000 if they keep up this kinda crap. I d/l the latest version of Kazaa and it has more ads and adware than ever! Ugh!