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Kazaa Outed Over 'Trust Fund' for Red Cross

Posted by timothy on from the let's-call-it-darliction dept.

danwarne writes "In one of the most bizarre twists in the court action against Kazaa yet, documents have been tendered in Australian Federal Court court that showed that Kazaa claimed to have set up a trust fund for donations to the Red Cross (at about the time the tsunami hit), but the Red Cross has confirmed in writing it has never heard from them about it. The music industry alleged in court that it was a tactic by Kazaa parent company Sharman Networks to park money out of the reach of the music industry if it loses the case and is left with a huge damages bill. This in the same week that it came out in court that top Sharman/BDE execs offloaded their multi-million dollar homes. Sounds like Kazaa's lawyers might be telling them to prepare for the worst..."

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  1. ObLinus by SinaSa · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The music industry alleged in court that it was a tactic by Kazaa parent company Sharman Networks to park money out of the reach of the music industry if it loses the case and is left with a huge damages bill."

    Real men don't scam citizens for stash-money! They zip it up, call it goat porn and upload it to Kazaa! Oh wait...

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  2. Upsides? by ElVaquero · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe if the RIAA wins they'll think they've actually stopped something and forget about Soulseek.

    1. Re:Upsides? by BackInIraq · · Score: 3, Funny

      First rule of Soulseek:

      Never, ever talk about Soulseek.

  3. Re:Hurray! by Sinus0idal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep, but once they are finished with Kazaa, who is next? Hopefully not the edonkey network...

  4. biggest snake in the grass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know Kevin Bermeister personally, and he is the worst snake in the grass you could ever meet. He'd sell his mother for a dollar.

    GO on, ask around. Anyone who has been in contact with him rarely comes out untouched by his filth.

    Yep, I'm staying anonimous. He knows people, you know.

    Kazaa needs to go down just so he does, good enough reason for me.

  5. New take on the Nigerian scam letter... by michaeldot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Sir,

    I am an extremely wealthy Australian businessman who needs to quickly move money out of the country.

    If you let me use your bank account, I will pay you 10%.

    Of course, I do already know your bank account details, given the amount of spyware I loaded onto your computer...

    Sincerely,

    N. Hemming
    Sharman Networks

  6. Re:That is only the beginning ... by Jugalator · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pl33z3, sH00t m3 n0w!

    Hmm, this journalist definitely seems like a product of Microsoft's new l337 sp33k... oh, excuse me... "leetspeek" guide.

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