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- Kazaa
- A file sharing service that in 2003 claimed the record number of total downloads from any Web site (more than 230 million since it went online). Unlike Napster, which...
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- The end of RIAA litigation
- The end of RIAA litigationAbout time!Finally one corporations abuse of people is being nipped in the bud! ]:)HA HA RIAA'S DEAD!!!Wasn't this yet ANOTHER No_Ax prediction that fell flat on its face, that RIAA would prevail??Man, the hits just keep on coming!"the decision" ?"the decision"?"the Howell decision"? It would...
- Tags: RIAA, RIAA litigation, snake, litigation
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Politicians just don't get it
- Once again, Congress is trying to throw technology at a problem that could be fixed as simply as telling our students Thou shalt not steal! and holding them accountable when they do! Now eSchool News reports House bill reopens campus file-sharing battle. Last time, it was the Senate but...
- Tags: Use, P2P, Kazaa, Music, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Marc Wagner
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- RIAA defendant vows to fight on
- RIAA defendant vows to fight onIf making files "available" is the test ...... of infringement, why in the hell are vendors lie Kazaa NOT held accountable since they enable the capability in the first place? How many Kazaa customers have any idea that Kazaa is putting them at grave...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, Kazaa, CD, P2P
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- Verdict in filesharing suit: $220,000
- Verdict in filesharing suit: $220,000What a two faced buch of a$$holesThe RIAA does this kinda crap and than pulls some content out of iTuens and tries to sell MP3s itself through Amazon? You know why? because Steve Jobs would not up the price on more recent hits like what Sony...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Digital music, Kazaa, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Kazaa settles suits with $100 million
- Kazaa settles suits with $100 million1 in 3 CD sold is pirated?I know there are pirated CDs being sold but didn't know it was that much. That's a huge problem and they seem to worry more about some kids with no money to buy a CD who are getting a...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Spyware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Kazaa, RIAA, CD, MPAA
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- StreamCast names Skype, Kazaa in lawsuit
- StreamCast names Skype, Kazaa in lawsuitThis is funnyTwo companies who have been sue for copyright related cases are no suing each other over. This is funny. Lawyers must love these guys.Re: This is funnyIt's a bit ironic, isn't it? Given, it's for a different reason other than file sharing,...
- Tags: StreamCast Networks, Kazaa, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-27
- StreamCast sues Kazaa, Skype: here's my take
- As fellow VoIP blogger Andy Abramson reports, it has been revealed that back on January 20, Morpheus peer-to-peer technology developer and provider StreamCast Networks, filed a RICO suit against Skype Technologies SA, Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis, and BlueMoon OU (the company that reportedly did a lot of the...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2006-03-27
- StopBadware.org issues first reports
- StopBadware.org, the newest anti-spyware group on the scene, promised to name the bad guys and today they issued the first set of reports on 4 badware pushers that consumers should avoid. StopBadware reported on 4 applications: Kazaa, SpyAxe, Waterfalls 3, and MediaPipe. Each report details the objectionable behavior of...
- Tags: StopBadware, Spyaxe, Kazaa
- Blog posts 2006-03-22
- I've just installed Kazaa-Skype, and I've got 2,509 adware files
- I've just installed Kazaa-Skype, and I've got 2,509 adware filesWindows XPHmph! Sorry, if I wanted a slow and overpriced computer I'd have purchased a Mac, but I built my own for less then $1,000, and half the price was the high end graphics card. I run actions...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, hardware platform, Apple Macintosh, hardware, spyware, adware, Skype Technologies S.A., Kazaa
- Discussion threads 2006-03-08
- Free Mobile Ringtones (exe)
- Free Mobile Ringtones provides you access to the latest free ringtone offers, where you can get the latest free ringtones sent directly to your cell phone without needing cables, SMS, Bluetooth, or anything else other than your phone. Simply choose an offer and get the ring tones sent to you.You...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Kazaa, Cell Phone, Download Manager, Free Mobile Ringtones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-01-22
- Kazaa owners may face time in jail
- Kazaa owners may face time in jailArguement for P2P file sharing?Surely there's an arguement to be made FOR file sharing in this instance as a necessary evil in the development cycle of the music industry. In the next 5 years what need will there be for record companies? ...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), Viruses and worms, record company, music, RIAA, sales, Kazaa
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- Kazaa keywords to be blocked, Australian judge rules
- Kazaa keywords to be blocked, Australian judge rulesAnother proofThis is another chapter in the sad soap opera of the illegal cartel: MPAA/RIAA. There is no way a common word can be copyrighted and since song tittle are composed of common words, censoring is totaly illegal... but wait! i forget The...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Napster Inc., Kazza, Kazaa
- Discussion threads 2005-11-28
- Legality of adware distribution with P2P
- After I blogged last week about Direct Revenue's new deal with KaZaA to distribute their adware, I received an email from a representative of another adware company asking what I thought about the legality of the arrangement. Adware bundling with peer to peer file sharing applications is nothing new....
- Tags: adware, Kazaa
- Blog posts 2005-10-14
- Direct Revenue makes deal with Kazaa, and according to them, they don't do spyware
- Direct Revenue makes deal with Kazaa, and according to them, they don't do spywarehang the executive staff from their toes...and go town to town letting everyone who has ever had that crap on their comp give em a good few whacks with a baseball bat.valisNot surprisingI've never used Kazaa myself,...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Kazaa, Direct Revenue, spyware
- Discussion threads 2005-10-02
- Direct Revenue makes deal with Kazaa, and according to them, they don't do spyware
- Direct Revenue is in the news again, this time for their deal PDF with Sharman Networks' p2p file sharing application Kazaa. This comes on the heels of Tuesday's announcement about ending third party affiliate distribution. Given Direct Revenue's reputation acquired by their well documented history of non-consensual installs, I'm...
- Tags: Best Offer
- Blog posts 2005-10-02
- Australian court rules against Kazaa
- Australian court rules against KazaaYes, some jusdges have real common snese.Glad to see it.6 Feet Under Down UnderIt is a beautiful thing!:)Finally, someone stands up to the RIAAFinally, one of the 14,000 people being terrorized by the RIAA's shock troops of lawyers wielding frivolous lawsuits has decided to stand up...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Kazaa, RIAA, Kazza
- Discussion threads 2005-09-06
- Kazaa Web site traffic down 71%, LimeWire up 1876% in February 2005
- Media Life Magazine publishes the results of February 2005 survey by comScore Media Metrix. comScore measured visits to the Web sites of popular peer-to-peer applications. This would not accurately reflect the download or usage activity of the P2P apps, but would provide an estimate of where the users are headed....
- Tags: P2P, LimeWire, ComScore Networks Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-03-31
- Kazaa Web site traffic down 71%, LimeWire up 1876% in February 2005
- Media Life Magazine publishes the results of February 2005 survey by comScore Media Metrix. comScore measured visits to the Web sites of popular peer-to-peer applications. This would not accurately reflect the download or usage activity of the P2P apps, but would provide an estimate of where the users are headed....
- Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., LimeWire, P2P
- Blog posts 2005-03-31
- Movie blackout for P2P networks?
- Movie blackout for P2P networks?Pirates Will Simply Encrypt The Content (DUH, NT).Sounds interesting..but again I look at this cautiously.. so that legal files are not blocked by the fingerprinting technology.This is what I've been talking about[i]Audible Magic's technology is now being used by a handful of universities, including Central Washington...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, Kazaa, movie, P2P, operation content authentication, Internet Service Provider, IP, network
- Discussion threads 2005-02-10
- Kazaa's a nuisance--so says Kazaa maker's staff
- Kazaa's a nuisance--so says Kazaa maker's staffThat is really funny.My head asplode at the irony.Choking on your own dog food - NTNTThere's such a thing as ...Kazaa Lite, you know :-)Wonder what Sharman Networks would say if employees installed that instead of the full Kazaa.Now you know, No AxYou...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, P2P Sharing, EXE, KaZaA Lite Resurrection, Kazaa, Sharman Networks Ltd., Kazaa Lite, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2005-02-04
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