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."

Comments

Yes, KaZaA are friends of the RIAA...

[Steven Reddie]

not of the end user. They have been actively trying to get their software onto machines without the users' knowledge.

And, do they not realise the Hillary Rosen stepped down from the RIAA? Keep up.

Re:Kazaa cannot be trusted

[GammaTau]

If the world can beat Kazaa, it will send a strong message that theft is wrong, and allow the content producers to lead the way into the beginning of the true information age.

Nonsense. The ethics people follow does not arise from governmental actions. If you stop downloading and you tell your friends that "theft is wrong", the situation might change. However as long as you are promoting your ethical views through hypocritical anonymous ranting that promote government-organized regulations, the rest of the world can be rather certain that your views will not become any more popular than they already are.

The truth is that the majority of people don't care all that much about copyrights and it would take something completely different from what you describe to change this situation.

what the...?

[ryanoo]

Hemming said Kazaa avoids spyware, but the service does include "adware" from third parties, which allows them to keep track of whether users are responding to online ads.

What the hell is the difference?

Re:Distributing Television

[Eric_Cartman_South_P]

Use DRM to expire content after a week after you first play it if you want, but this would allow me to retrieve a program and then watch it at my convenience.

I mean this most kindly, but in regards to what television is all about, I think you're missing the point.

The consumers are the little pigs that love to eat. And having "prime time" television and "late night" television et. al. you can easily seperate the little piggies into little groups. Young little pigs watch shows early on saturday morning. Sell advertising to some sugar-pumping cereal company. Middle age and older male piggies stay up later, and you can sell advertising space during late night shows for Trojan Condoms and Ford Pick-Up Trucks. Of course, lonely/unemployed/gold-digger pigglets watch soap operas during the weedkay, so you sell advertising space to Tampax and Slim Fast. Drink up little pigglets!

Throw a TiVo into the mix, and all the little pigs mix, and you don't know who is doing what and when! And the farm makes much less money.

Re:for a fee.

[Lord Kano]

"When users want one, they pay a royalty fee. If they want to share files, the system forces the next person who wants to get it to also pay the fee. '

So you use your computer and bandwidth and kazaa gets to take a little slice of what the MPAA/RIAA charges you?

With all due respect WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE IDIOTS THINKING? If someone has to pay to download, there is no compelling reason to share that file when finished.

When it's free (and illegal) there is a sense of community, giving something back to that community is a big reason why people rip and share these things.

When it is legal and no longer free (as in beer) the attitudes will change and kazaa will die.

LK