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Kazaa Blocks Australian Users

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the taking-my-ball-and-going-home dept.

afaik_ianal writes "The Sydney Morning herald is reporting that Kazaa is blocking Australian downloads of their client, just a day after the deadline passed for implementing keyword filters. According to the article, Shaman networks were still working on installing the filters yesterday."

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  1. That's okay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Australians didn't have anything good anyway, just a bunch of Kylie Minogue mp3s and Crocodile Dundee III.

  2. How Exactly Does This Work? by PlayfullyClever · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm not personally familiar with Australian law, I hope someone who is will be able to give us a bit of insight. But until then, I really can't understand how the judge made this ruling. Kazaa is a data transfer protocol-a crappy one, granted, but that's all it is. Their software simply -allows- users to transfer files via that protocol. Are the makers of FTP clients now liable if an FTP user downloads copyrighted material?

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