Oh the irony: makers of Kazaa invoke DMCA to shut down Kazaa Lite

[EarlG]

In response to a legal threat that invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Google has removed from its index eight sites that distribute a hacked version of file-swapping service Kazaa.
The popular search engine took action last month after it received a legal notification from Sharman Networks, owner of Kazaa, claiming that the eight sites contained software that violated the company's "exclusive rights" under U.S. copyright law.

http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5070227.html

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[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. ROFLMAO!!!

So will Kazaa's own argument shut Kazaa down? :D

[thom1102]

2. What was Kazaa lite?

Was that like Kazaa without the insidious popup adds?

[ButterflyBlood]

4. Kazaa with no spyware or pop ups

I use it. It's great.

[arwalden]

3. Is It "SAFE" To Use ANY Version Of Kazaa Anymore??

Are there vice-cop-members who are looking for folks to come to their PC's and download stuff?

Are these lawsuits the result of reverse-tracing Kazaa users?

-- Allen

[AntiBushRepub]

5. relax..

They are only looking for people who are offering (for share) hundreds and hundreds (see also: "shitload")of music files... on Kazaa there's a switch that allows you to prevent any user for getting a list of all your available files.. that should pretty much take care of it.

The odds of you being one of the few hundred out of 8 million, over 4 million of which are on at the same time at any time, it's not very good.

Kazaa is working on a safe Kazaa that will render the whole thing null anyways.

-An

[Not a robought]

6. Oh hahaha

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