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Skype + Kazaa = ?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-can-chat-with-the-pirates dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kazaa has now embedded Skype in their v3.0 download." This isn't a surprising pairing, and it adds millions of VoIP users to the network ... the article also notes that this might bring out the spammers as well.

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  1. Re:Skype by Vicsun · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the wikipedia entry, and here is Skype's general FAQ which will probably answer any questions you have.

  2. So this means... by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll be able to get calls from random strangers asking for songs? I guess I could sing them a few bars.

    1. Re:So this means... by TheMediaWrangler · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Skype uses 256-bit encryption, so the only easy way to intercept this kind of voice data would be to do it before it is encrypted by bundling Skype in an evil wrapper application like say... KAZAA

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    2. Re:So this means... by Mantorp · · Score: 5, Informative

      on regular skype if you accept calls from everyone and list yourself in the directory random people will call you all the time

  3. I wonder who would use it. by SYSS+Mouse · · Score: 4, Interesting

    People using Kazaa in most cases would just leave Kazaa running in background and not bother using the messaging function. If they really want to chat to his peers, those DLers probably already know IRC which is in most cases, IRC is faster. Not to mention VoIP will compete for bandwidth from local computer, making both program slower.

  4. Ring Ring by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Beep....
    You: "Hang on, ive got another call"
    You: Click "Hello?"
    Caller: "Hello, this is the RIAA, stop singing happy birthday to your grandson on the other side of the world."

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    1. Re:Ring Ring by shird · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ring Ring...

      You: "Hello?"
      Madonna: "What the fuck do you think youre doing?"

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  5. P2P legitimate uses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is a good thing.

    Let's please have legitimate uses for P2P so that the greedy fuckers at RIAA and MPAA can't run around trying to ban P2P on the basis that it only has detrimental uses.

    Imagine if cooking or hunting wasnt invented, knives would have been banned cause it would only be used for killing people.

    Think about it .. why is the bomb makin illegal?

    Ridiculous but true.

  6. This is a marriage made in heaven :-) by muditgarg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This looks like a win-win for both. Kazaa get the respectability it seeks and Skype get the huge customer base of Kazaa.
    Especially as recently Dutch Supreme Court ruled Kazaa legal

    1. Re:This is a marriage made in heaven :-) by Trailwalker · · Score: 4, Funny

      And the happy couble will be called Skuzza

  7. Smart move of Skype? by d95adam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Skype have been working quite hard to distance themselves from their Kazaa roots. Even if the their product has been great, many people have been wondering if they inluded spyware into the Skype installation, just like Kazaa. And now this!

    Note: I'm a happy Skype user myself, but I can see that this might lead to their reputation taking a plunge.

  8. Re:Skype by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...And so we add to 'RTFA' the new acronym 'LTFG' = Learn To Farkin' Google

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  9. P2P going towards a friends network by t_allardyce · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I guess it makes it into more of a friends network. In the end the RIAA is going to have to sue real friends who swap CDs, send music over their IM file-transfer and listen to eachothers streams. Hows it going to look the next time they sue someone who's been sharing songs with his sister on Kazaa?

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  10. Do people still use Kazaa? by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought everyone had switched by now.

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  11. Hmm... by Mathiasdm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait a minute... You mean I can actually combine spyware, viruses AND receiving phone calls from total strangers? Wow!

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  12. Re:Skype is only for kids anyway by Nurgled · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The proprietary technology always (since the Internet has become popular with non-geeks) wins. See Jabber vs. AIM/MSN Messenger.

    Branding and prettiness always wins over technical superiority, especially in a world where most people are stuck behind awkward NAT gateways that they don't really understand. SIP might be open and friendly, but it's a royal pain in the ass to deploy for most home users, especially if you get two people behind the same NAT gateway wanting to use it.