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Kazaa Ruled Legal in The Netherlands

Posted by michael on from the good-place-to-start-a-business dept.

DreamerFi writes "Developers of Kazaa cannot be held liable for the way people use their software, the Dutch Supreme Court has ruled. The dutch version of the RIAA, BUMA Stemra is now expected to start lawsuits against individuals, following the american lead, according to dutch news channels."

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  1. bema stemra? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sounds close enough to kama sutra it's not even funny.

    fp.

  2. Offical response from BUMA Stemra by jsse · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bummer...

  3. Movies on Kazaa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well what's your favourite? I like the Skinny Puppy series of vids. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.

  4. Re:P2P RIAA, and all that shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You stoped?

  5. Re:Ok but seriously... by Night+Goat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know, I disabled signatures so I WOUULDN'T see your pathetic self-shilling advertisements. Do us a favor and leave them where they belong.

  6. Re:Frivolous McDonald's Suit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Reminds me of those frivolous Firestone/Ford lawsuits.

    Firestones sold millions of tires and only a few hundred people actually got killed or injured. Making the reasonable assumption that millions of those tires were driven on and clearly safe/

    Customers preferred firestone tires and complaines when they were recalled.

    So what if they died. Firestone didn't make them drive SUV's.

    Ok so it is an extreme example but that coffee was hot enough to be used as a weapon. It was at least 20 degrees hotter than every other Fast food coffee. The executives knew about the coffee just like Ford knew about the tires. Just because it is not dangerous to everyone doesn't mean it isn't dangerous.

  7. dear god will you STOP it women? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I'm listening to a lady, who when you talk to her, feels the need to say "uh-huuuuuhhhhhh", "yaaaaaa", "okaaaaayyyyy", like 50 times while you are talking.

    Will you just shut up and listen for once? christ that's annoying!!!

    Sorry to go offtopic, just had to vent.. anyone met a person like this before? I need some duct-tape...

  8. Re:rant time by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ahh, but the Nazi's have a lot to do with the Netherlands...