A Guide to Search Results for "KaZaA"
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Virtually everyone who uses the search term "kazaa" is looking for information about the popular KaZaA peer-to-peer file sharing software. Peer-to-peer file sharing software first came under scrutiny because of concerns about copyright infringement by the users of Napster's file-swapping directory service. The Napster system provided end users with a central registry for files stored on the computers of other end users. Using the Napster directory as a central clearinghouse, end users were allegedly able to share and download bootlegged versions of copyrighted music in the MP3 format with other end users. Proponents of KaZaA claim that KaZaA functions differently, giving the software developers no direct role in the file-trading process. However, record companies and movie studios have challenged this contention in court, successfully running at least one KaZaA developer out of business. And the controversy doesn't end there. Revelations about spyware in the original KaZaA software inspired the development of a hacked version, known as KaZaA Lite.

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Are you looking for a Web site where you can download "KaZaA" file sharing software?

  • KaZaA
    The official Sharman Networks KaZaA site. Downloads, help, and news.

  • KaZaa Lite - Official Web site
    Revelations about spyware in the original KaZaA software inspired the development of a hacked version of the software, known as KaZaalite, which can be used to connect to the KaZaA peer-to-peer network.

Are you looking for information about the ongoing legal disputes arising from the use of "KaZaA" file sharing software?

  • ZDNet News - Networking - Labels reel Kazaa company into lawsuit
    By John Borland
    Special to ZDNet News
    July 9, 2002, 2:55 PM PT

    A United States federal judge said that record labels and film studios could expand an ongoing copyright lawsuit against the Dutch companies StreamCast Networks, Grokster and Kazaa BV to include Sharman Networks, a company located in Vanuatu which purchased the rights to KaZaA software from Kazaa BV.

  • ZDNet News - Networking - Kazaa, Morpheus: Time to surrender?
    By John Borland
    Special to ZDNet News
    May 22, 2002, 12:45 PM, PT

    A legal fight that has pitted file-swapping software companies Kazaa BV and StreamCast Networks against big record labels and movie studios is collapsing as the small companies run out of funds.

  • Wired News - The Kazaa Ruling: What It Means
    By Brad King
    2:00 a.m. April 2, 2002 PST

    Kazaa BV, a Dutch company that licenses the Kazaa file-trading software, was exonerated last week when an appellate court ruled file-trading developers weren't liable for copyright infringement that occurs by people using their applications.

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