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Google Removes Kazaa Links, Keeps Sponsored Links
SanityInAnarchy writes "Everyone should remember when Google removed several links that Sharman (owner of Kazaa) claimed were infringing their copyrights. At first, only real results were touched and sponsored links left alone. Well, that sponsored link was removed, but there are quite a few left on a search for 'Kazaa Lite' that, if they aren't infringing Kazaa copyrights, openly advocate piracy. Well, maybe not quite, but I still can't believe they expect that phrases like 'complete albums,' 'full-length movies,' and 'Napster lives' are to be interpreted as '100% legal.'"
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Sharman never complained that Google infringed on the rights of downloaders to pirate from Kazaa versus Kazaa Lite. Sharman complained that Google infringed on Kazaa's copyrights.
Whether or not Google has links to other sites that openly advocate piracy doesn't really have much to do with the Kazaa/Kazaa-Lite debate, methinks.
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
And probably everyone on Slashdot knows what the obvious, technically-properly-done successor is, so I won't even mention it.
Nope, no idea. Kazaa has been working great. That and I've been using Irate a lot lately and freaking loving it. Just today I got ten COMPLETELY LEGAL songs and I liked all of them but 2. What technically properly done successor are you talking about?
For every annoying gentoo user, are three even more annoying anti-gentoo crybabies. Take Yosh from #Gimp for example.
... click on my signature to get the cen$ored google links...
You must have some hefty expectations then, because KLite is telling me right now that there are "3,914,228 users online | 788,202,332 files (5,910,272 GB)" being shared. That hardly seems anywhere near "useless" to me, and I doubt it's going to get that way for a while either.
Remember, many of the people on there are not "technically" inclined; they are just average Janes and Joes who found out about Kazaa by word of mouth/email from friends when Napster went under. Until Kazaa's successor is known to the average man in the street Kazaa is probably going to remain king.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
When Kazaa Lite did it, it was down to just another corporation, profiting from piracy.
exactly how is kazaa lite profiting from anything? its completely free and promotes and integrates tools that in my opinion help the network, things such as the integration of peer guardian, automatic node hopping, AVI preview, auto find more sources... and many more. To say its profiting is just crap
Google seems to be fighting back as best they can without getting caught in a legal trap. What they actually do makes a mockery of the law. They remove the links, forward the notice to Chilling Effects, and post a notice about the removal linking to the notice at Chilling Effects. The notice has to contain the specific links to be removed, so within the notice are the links Google removed.
The people at Chilling Effects don't turn the text of the notice into links for you, so you'll have to cut/paste. Can you blame them? (Don't bother asking them to. I asked, and they're not ready to be the butt of a lawsuit.)
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I have a nonprofit site dedicated to japanese design.
It was number one on google. it is now blocked out, and commercial links to amazon and other booksellers come first.
Apparently there is an agreement between Google and their advertisers to give priority to their pages.
Also, don't forget that google has a well known disrespect for searchers privacy, by placing permanent cookies, and has a long lasting relationship with the Feds, providing profiling information on suspicious searches.
Proof? Well, don't google for it. Googlewatch.org is a good place to start.
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And still the best way to get some quick warez is searching for: Name Last modified Size Description [type] ex. Try: Name Last modified Size Description Macromedia exe "Some" interesting results.