Kazaa Being Sued
01-14-2003, 04:59 AM
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Kazaa Being Sued
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...t_music_trial_4
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has given record companies and movie studios the go-ahead to sue the parent company of Kazaa, a popular online file-swapping service.
U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson refused to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sharman Networks Ltd., which had argued that it could not be sued in the United States because it is based in Australia and incorporated in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
In a 46-page ruling issued Friday, the judge said Sharman is subject to U.S. copyright laws because it has substantial business dealings in California and its actions are alleged to contribute to commercial piracy within the United States.
Kelly Larabee, a Sharman spokeswoman, said that while the company was "disappointed" with the ruling on the case, "we fully expect to prevail on the merits."
Larabee said Sharman would be filing a counterclaim that will "set forth the full story for the first time."
The Sharman case is one of the largest in the recent online copyright wars testing the international reach of U.S. courts. The plaintiffs maintain that Kazaa provides free access to copyrighted music and films to about 21 million U.S. users.
First Napster, now Kazaa. Bye-Bye Kazaa....
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has given record companies and movie studios the go-ahead to sue the parent company of Kazaa, a popular online file-swapping service.
U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson refused to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sharman Networks Ltd., which had argued that it could not be sued in the United States because it is based in Australia and incorporated in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
In a 46-page ruling issued Friday, the judge said Sharman is subject to U.S. copyright laws because it has substantial business dealings in California and its actions are alleged to contribute to commercial piracy within the United States.
Kelly Larabee, a Sharman spokeswoman, said that while the company was "disappointed" with the ruling on the case, "we fully expect to prevail on the merits."
Larabee said Sharman would be filing a counterclaim that will "set forth the full story for the first time."
The Sharman case is one of the largest in the recent online copyright wars testing the international reach of U.S. courts. The plaintiffs maintain that Kazaa provides free access to copyrighted music and films to about 21 million U.S. users.
First Napster, now Kazaa. Bye-Bye Kazaa....
01-14-2003, 05:06 AM
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"First there was mIRC.
Then came the giant monster Napster.
Napster fell from the assaults of the mighty government.
Then came the giant monster Kazaa
Kazaa will fall from the assaults of the mighty government.
In the beginning, there was mIRC, in the end, mIRC will be the sole survivor."
Before Napster, everybody was using IRC to get MP3 and movies and everybody was happy. When Kazaa will fall, I'll go back to mIRC, that's all.
Then came the giant monster Napster.
Napster fell from the assaults of the mighty government.
Then came the giant monster Kazaa
Kazaa will fall from the assaults of the mighty government.
In the beginning, there was mIRC, in the end, mIRC will be the sole survivor."
Before Napster, everybody was using IRC to get MP3 and movies and everybody was happy. When Kazaa will fall, I'll go back to mIRC, that's all.
01-14-2003, 05:08 AM
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I sense the RIAA will be joining the fight against Kazaa very shortly as well. But everyone knows that if Kazaa is shut down, there will be 10 more P2P programs pop up over night. rolleyes.gif
01-14-2003, 05:49 AM
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Guys, it was, and is, inevetable that these kind of sites will be shut down.
audiogalaxy, napster, kazza..etc..etc..etc..
The current one I know of, that has stayed under the radar is www.slsk.org
audiogalaxy, napster, kazza..etc..etc..etc..
The current one I know of, that has stayed under the radar is www.slsk.org
01-14-2003, 10:50 AM
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Just how can they shut it down? The software is already out there and its P"P so there is no central server? Besides, the US is overstepping its authority as the corporation is not based in the USA, nor is any entity of it. The US might win the suit....but lets see them enforce it.
01-14-2003, 09:32 PM
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with kazaa i get 3-10 600MB+ movies per night..
with the others, bearshare, imesh, edonkey, directconnect, the results have not been nearly so good. (Although for some reason, it seems avi's from kazaa have more bad frames than from the other sources)
[ January 15, 2003, 07:52 AM: Message edited by: Frostbyte ]
with the others, bearshare, imesh, edonkey, directconnect, the results have not been nearly so good. (Although for some reason, it seems avi's from kazaa have more bad frames than from the other sources)
[ January 15, 2003, 07:52 AM: Message edited by: Frostbyte ]