Neowin News Feed for: Kazaa

Judge Orders Change in Kazaa Service

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:10:56 +0000

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... Read more...

Witness assaults Kazaa filter claims

Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:19:12 +0000

Overriding severe objections from Sharman Networks, an Australian judge allowed an antipiracy company to testify at the trial against the owners of the peer-to-peer software Kazaa. Tom Mizzone, vice president of data... Read more...

Kazaa owners launch defense in file-share case

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 03:08:08 +0000

The owners of file-swapping giant Kazaa claimed Tuesday their software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music and movies online, doesn't differ from video recorders, as they launched their defense in a landmark music piracy... Read more...

Australian Music Industry Goes After Kazaa

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:24:43 +0000

Lawyers for Australia's recording industry have called Kazaa's file sharing network "an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen" and have filed a suit to have Kazaa's owners, Sharman Networks... Read more...

Kazaa Rates as Worst Pest on CA's Spyware List

Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:56:57 +0000

Computer Associates International Inc. has launched a list of the worst spyware threats as part of a new program to combat unwanted software "pests." At the top of that list: the peer-to-peer application Kazaa. The... Read more...

Survey: Movie-swapping up; Kazaa down

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:48:03 +0000

It wasn't to long ago that Kazaa was the most popular file sharing program. Now the tables have turned in favor of BitTorrent. BitTorrent now accounts for 53% of all P2P network traffic.... Read more...

Microsoft employee sues Kazaa

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:05:33 +0000

There's a new legal battle over Kazaa -- and this time it has nothing to do with swapping copyrighted music online. A native of Romania is filing suit and he claims that... Read more...

Kazaa Office Raid Upheld

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:38:52 +0000

An Australian judge has refused to set aside the Anton Piller order brought against Kazaa owner Sharman Networks, but says that the material seized must be held by independent lawyers until access can be negotiated.... Read more...

Kazaa Gets Its Day in Court

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:32:57 +0000

Sharman Networks, the owner and distributor of the Kazaa peer-to-peer network, argued its case in court on Friday. The company went before the Federal Court of Australia to argue against charges brought by Music Industry... Read more...

Record industry raids Kazaa offices

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 11:24:57 +0000

The Australian record industry raided the offices of music internet group Kazaa as part of legal action aimed at shutting down the popular site. Kazaa is the world's largest file sharing network, and is owned... Read more...

Kazaa Wireless 0.40

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:12:41 +0000

Kazaa Wireless provides mobile capable brains to your Kazaa desktop application. With Kazaa Wireless you can get direct access to Kazaa anytime, anywhere using any kind of mobile device. Requires: o Windows 2000/XP (or... Read more...

Kazaa Owner Gets OK to Sue Movie, Record Companies

Sat, 24 Jan 2004 06:38:25 +0000

A U.S. federal court has cleared the way for Kazaa file-sharing software owner Sharman Networks to sue the entertainment industry for copyright infringement, Sharman said on Friday. Sharman, targeted by studios and record companies because... Read more...

Bollywood signs up for Kazaa download sales

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:52:13 +0000

India's film makers are offering Internet movie downloads on file-trading service Kazaa in a move that could lower costs and boost revenues in Bollywood, the world's most prolific film production centre. Some 35 producers will... Read more...

Diet KazaA 2.6

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 23:49:08 +0000

Diet Kaza is free and legal (according to the authors) addon program for KaZaA, Grokster, or Morpheus. It removes all bannerss, pop-ups, extra button and third party compaonents from those clients and produces faster search... Read more...

Kazaa Lite shut down

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:17:07 +0000

The Kazaa Lite K++ project has been shut down by Sharman Networks on grounds of copyright infringement. The project, which had been set up to block spy and ad ware within the... Read more...

Kazaa talks to the BBC, goes to the movies

Sat, 06 Dec 2003 14:14:11 +0000

Report In Australian newspaper The Age today highlighted the fact that file sharing application Kazaa is expanding into the movie business with a series of deals announced in the last few weeks. Using copy-protection technology... Read more...

Kazaa Media Desktop 2.6.

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:48:29 +0000

Kazaa Media Desktop is the World's No. 1, free, peer-to-peer file-sharing software application. Features include improved privacy protection, the ability to search for and download music, playlists, software, video files, documents and images, the ability... Read more...

Kazaa plans defensive ad campaign

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:02:20 +0000

Sharman Networks, the parent company of Kazaa, is developing an offline advertising campaign that will encourage users to defend file swapping. Kazaa parent Sharman Networks plans to unveil its first offline advertising campaign next week,... Read more...

Kazaa may end the free music download

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:16:59 +0000

Kazaa has thrown its weight behind a plan to start billing song swappers for their music downloads. The proposal, which could finally end the days of the free lunch for millions of music... Read more...

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.3

Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:54:56 +0000

A spyware free version of Kazaa, with many improvements ! Kazaa K++ is an enhanced Kazaa (KMD) with a lot of new features only available with K++. Features: ... Read more...

KaZaA sues the RIAA for illegal use

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:02:31 +0000

Thanks Fotix who gave us the heads up in the Neowin BPN. Turning the tables on record labels, makers of the most popular file-sharing network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement.... Read more...

Atari selling new game via peer-2-peer software Kazaa

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:36:21 +0000

Besides all the negative news around peer-2-peer software Kazaa there is also some positive news. Game maker Atari is going to sell their latest RPG game, entitled "The Temple of Elemental Evil," via the Kazaa... Read more...

Kazaa Lite Toolbar 2.0

Sat, 02 Aug 2003 18:53:29 +0000

Kazaa Lite Toolbar is a customizable toolbar and Web address bar integrated to Kazaa Lite interface. It's useful to open favorite web pages, web email, shared folder or external tools (like Antivirus, Windows Media Player,... Read more...

Diet Kazaa 2.51

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:53:12 +0000

Diet Kazaa (formerly KaZaa Tap) is a Kazaa utility that removes all advertising, speeds up searches, gives more results and takes out useless icons (i.e. Shopping). Diet Kazaa is freeware and legal... Read more...

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.1

Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:36:29 +0000

Kazaa K++ is an enhanced Kazaa (KMD) with a lot of new features only available with K++. What's New in Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.1: Merged the features of the two... Read more...

Kazaa Derivatives Offer RIAA-Blocking Features

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:51:54 +0000

Two derivatives of the popular Kazaa peer-to-peer filesharing service now actively attempt to block scans by the RIAA and other agencies, escalating the P2P war to a new level. Both Kazaa K++ and Kazaa Lite,... Read more...

Kazaa K++ 2.4.0 Final

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:34:35 +0000

NOTE: This is NOT Kazaa Lite Kazaa K++ is an enhanced Kazaa (KMD) with a lot of new features only available with K++ Kazaa K++ includes the following: ... Read more...

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.1.1 RC 22

Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:09:21 +0000

A new build of Kazaa Lite is out its a spyware free version of Kazaa, with many improvements! Differences between KaZaA Lite and KaZaA Media Desktop: No SpyWare No AdWare No... Read more...

Anonymous file sharing available from Kazaa competitors

Wed, 02 Jul 2003 11:21:48 +0000

As previously mentioned, traffic on the Kazaa network is now back to normal after a brief fall due to the RIAA's announcement on P2P. Now two companies are offering anonymous filesharing where no user ID... Read more...

Kazaa traffic falls due to RIAA announcement

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 01 Jul 2003 17:46:24 +0000

Kazaa, the most popular software for file sharing, saw a significant decline in user traffic during the first 10 hours following last Wednesday's announcement by the RIAA. But traffic bounced back within 24 hours. From... Read more...

Kazaa v2.5 Beta

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:07:55 +0000

Thanks ibetheone for this news. Kazaa Media Desktop is the World's Number 1 peer-to-peer software application and it's free! New Search Features: Multiple search results tabs: Each search you perform is... Read more...

Kazaa not being monitored? Think Again!

Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:42:39 +0000

Whats this controversy we have all been hearing in the news in the past few months about weather kazaa is being montored by any federal or other piracy agencies. Well think again! Yes, that's right.... Read more...

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.1.1 RC 16

Steven Parker — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 16:49:10 +0000

Cheers Courage for this submission. A spyware free version of Kazaa, with many improvements! Differences between KaZaA Lite and KaZaA Media Desktop: No SpyWare No AdWare No popups No banners No... Read more...

Altnet to pay Kazaa users for swapping

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 15:19:46 +0000

A year after launching its sometimes-controversial alliance with Kazaa, Brilliant Digital Entertainment subsidiary Altnet is kicking off a new, ambitious stage of its peer-to-peer marketing campaign. Later this week, Kazaa parent Sharman Networks and Altnet... Read more...

Kazaa changes its tune on Spyware, says its not included!

Steven Parker — Sat, 31 May 2003 13:14:03 +0000

Kazaa has adapted a 'No Spyware' Policy (seen here) in a move that can only be seen to undermine "Kazaa Lite" the so called 'Lite' version of Kazaa Media Desktop that has all Spyware removed... Read more...

Major security alert hits Kazaa and iMesh

Tue, 27 May 2003 11:45:46 +0000

The peer-to-peer file sharing clients Kazaa and iMesh, which both use the FastTrack network, have been reported to have a critical security flaw which could see the supernodes (the things users connect to) in the... Read more...

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.1.0 build 3 Final

Steven Parker — Sat, 19 Apr 2003 13:38:52 +0000

Thanks Hilbrand for this email notice. The popular "Lite" version of KaZaA Media Desktop is available. Lite version removes restrictions on search results making it possible to receive many more results than you normally would,... Read more...

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.1.0 build 2 Final

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:58:22 +0000

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.1.0 build 2 Final What's New in Kazaa Lite K++ 2.1.0 build 2: Added chat link to the start page Added advanced navigation bar to the start page, which... Read more...

Kazaa Lite Toolbar 1.8.2

Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:01:33 +0000

Kazaa Lite Toolbar is a customizable toolbar and web address bar integrated to Kazaa Lite interface. It's useful to open favorite web pages, web email, shared folder or external tools (like Antivirus, Windows Media Player,... Read more...

Kazaa strikes back at labels

Thu, 06 Feb 2003 00:40:29 +0000

Thanks to Nathan for emailing us. The Australian company behind the world's most popular online music swapping site has accused the music and movie industries of conspiring against it to crush competition. ... Read more...