Judge Orders Change in Kazaa Service

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An Australian judge today ordered significant changes in the Kazaa network, ruling that its operators, Sharman Networks, authorized the widespread violation of copyrights. While the ruling did not entirely shut down Kazaa, its result did leave room for such action if drastic changes are not made in the near future. Sharman Networks stated that it was disappointed by the decision and would appeal, but would not make light of any other information until it reviewed the ruling in greater detail. The closely watched case against Sharman was filed last year by local subsidiaries of major music labels including Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

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News source: Techworld.com

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(1 reply) #1 PaulCabby on 05 Sep 2005 - 16:29

Oh come on.. really who uses Kazaa now?

Apart from the people still using it

#1.1 theyarecomingforyou on 06 Sep 2005 - 01:30

Anyone using KaZaA shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer... I can't actually believe people still use it.

(1 reply) #2 Hanz™ on 05 Sep 2005 - 16:30

Loads of people. It is second after Emule.

#2.1 C-Fu on 07 Sep 2005 - 01:59

We're in the year 2005 now if you haven't noticed

#3 Darknm on 05 Sep 2005 - 16:40

Ares and DC++ all the way, they're way better than that kazzaa crap

#4 Deadalus on 05 Sep 2005 - 16:42

I'd completely forgotten about Kazaa... May it R.I.P

#5 Tha-Flash on 05 Sep 2005 - 16:43

well, that judge is really on the ball isn't he?

#6 unbalance on 05 Sep 2005 - 17:02

ya, no one (aside from the people who are already) use kazaa, it just loads ur computer with spyware crap and viruses (well im not sure anymore, been a while :p) but ya, it sucks.

#7 Tha-Flash on 05 Sep 2005 - 17:13

eMule ftw!

#8 [NFC]Wave on 05 Sep 2005 - 17:18

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#9 xpgeek on 05 Sep 2005 - 17:39

I too had almost forgotten Kazaa even existed.

#10 fred666 on 05 Sep 2005 - 17:47

What makes this significant (and newsworthy) is that whatever happens legally to Kazaa will have implications for the entire P2P industry.

#11 Enigma776 on 05 Sep 2005 - 17:57

why is ares good exactly the same as winmx they just ripped it off

#12 Azadre on 05 Sep 2005 - 19:09

The RIAA already rapes the artists, so what is wrong with exposure? If it leads to more concerts then let it be free.

#13 eilegz on 05 Sep 2005 - 20:00

i thought that kazaa its dead so its morpheus anyways no kazaa lite continue releasing people just dont want to download it.

#14 Elite_graphix on 05 Sep 2005 - 21:08

Usenet is the way to go... max speeds all the way.

(1 reply) #15 [NFC]Wave on 05 Sep 2005 - 23:22

Thread cleaned, again

Please enough posts stating that Kazaa is old and nobody uses it anymore. This is not just going to influence a single network or program. This could in fact influence the way we do P2P sharing in the future.

Any further posts stating Kazaa is old, useless, etc. will be immediately removed. Please stay on topic and post accordingly.

#15.1 MNS on 07 Sep 2005 - 07:41

lay off the Mein Kampf, sir.

#16 PT_KiD on 05 Sep 2005 - 23:22

BT4EVA

Im not seeing how can this influence p2p industry in the future.. this is all about Kazaa.

Would you mind to explain?
Thanks.

Last edited by 28756 on 05 Sep 2005 - 23:30

#17 [NFC]Wave on 06 Sep 2005 - 01:02

QUOTE

BT4EVA

Im not seeing how can this influence p2p industry in the future.. this is all about Kazaa.

Would you mind to explain?
Thanks.

Think about it as 'setting an example' for the rest of the industy. They're going to come down and hard on Kazza. It could be like a stepping stone on how they can begin to take out other P2P. I'm not saying it will happen, I'm saying there is a possibility.

#18 neo_joel on 06 Sep 2005 - 01:43

more on this HERE

(1 reply) #19 a_witko on 06 Sep 2005 - 04:34

why hasnt anybody mentioned LimeWire... it rocks for individual songs... and BT for the rest.

#19.1 MNS on 07 Sep 2005 - 07:43

hey [NFC]Wave, clean up in aisle 19.

#20 Jugalator on 06 Sep 2005 - 06:20

So... What do they need to do!? I've seen this posted elsewhere, but it's typical bad journalism by not trying to find out even what they were ruled to do. I'm not blaming Neowin, but the first hand journalist at IDG News as they seem to be the messenger... Surely it couldn't be too hard to just listen and write down what the judge ruled. Jeez...

A news item that can be summarized like "Sharman need to fix their network in some way or they risk getting shut down".

Edit: Ah, thanks to Neojoel I I got to read a bit more fleshed out article. Hmm, the typical "they need to filter out material". I guess it's exclusion words next for Kazaa then a la "Madonna", etc.

#21 Sp3ctranova on 07 Sep 2005 - 06:07

Ahh, ol' Kazaa.
Too bad it's full of viruses, bogus files and other crap or many of us would probably still use it. And by that I mean use KazaaLite K++

(1 reply) #22 krono6 on 07 Sep 2005 - 11:18

Holy Monkey Business...... Honestly, Kazaa is as gone as Morpheus (who remember's that

). Using my psychic powers, I predict that they shall make a court ruling against Bittorrent as a whole in 2010

#22.1 jivemastert on 07 Sep 2005 - 13:00

the problem with attacking bittorrent is that it has plenty of legitamit use, such as downloads of linux, downloads of autopatcher xp, etc etc. there are lots of things that people use it for that are perfectly legal, unlike the music communities that were supposed to "help new artists get their music out there" but didnt really do that. i think they need to go after the tracker sites instead of the file format for sure if they expect to get anywhere.... but even then, sites like the piratebay will always exist.

#23 jivemastert on 07 Sep 2005 - 12:58

what I think we need to do here is to start with more private P2P networks... small... limited to those on your aim buddy list. this way you share files with your friends and thats it and no one uninvited can come butt into your network. kazaa, morpheus, napster, scouer, all of those were too open and too simple to use, reverse engineer, and track people. even bit torrent is limited in that aspect. the legal system is coming down with two feet onto big p2p networks and it's only a matter of time before they become outright illegal.

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