KaZaA's victory

[sxesven]

Some time ago, KaZaA was sued by Dutch copyright company Buma/Stemra. The trial ended yesterday, and KaZaA won. Here's an article from the newspaper:

'Historische zege KaZaA'

Internetgebruikers kunnen gratis illegaal gekopieerde muziek, films en computerspelletjes blijven uitwisselen via KaZaA. De Hoge Raad oordeelde gisteren dat de populaire internetdiesnt geen inbreuk maakt op de auteursrechten. KaZaA hoeft daarom ook geen maatregelen te nemen tegen illegaal gebruik.

De uitspraak is een pijnlijke nederlaag voor auteursrechtenorganistie Buma/Stemra. Die beschuldigt de internetdienst van een misdrijf. Honderden miljoenen internetgebruikers kunnen wereldwijd digitaal materiaal uitwisselen als ze programma's van KaZaA op hun pc hebben geïnstalleerd. Internationaal lijdt de entertainmentindustrie daardoor miljarden euro's schade.

KaZaA sprak van een 'historische overwinning'. Advocaat Wouter Pors van het van oorsprong Nederlandse bedrijf: "Dit was de zoveelste poging om nieuwe technologie tegen te houden. Tegen de muziekcassette en de videoband bestond ook veel weerstand uit vrees tegen illegale kopieën."

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‘Historical victory KaZaA’

Internetusers will remain to be able to illegaly exchange copied music, movies, and computergames via KaZaA. Yesterday, the High Council judged that the popular internetservice does not harm copyrights. For that reason, KaZaA will not have to make arrangements to prevent illegal use either.

The verdict is a painful loss for copyrights organisation Buma/Stemra. They accused the internetservice of a felony. Hundreds of millions of internetusers can exchange digital material worldwide when they have KaZaA installed. Internationally, it seems to damage the entertainment industry, who are missing out on billions of euros.

KaZaA said this was a ‘historical victory’.Lawyer Wouter Pors of the originally Dutch company: “This was attempt # 300.000 or what to stop modern technology. Initially, videotapes and casette tapes were welcomed with mixed feelings as well, because it was feared that there would be illegal copies as well.”

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Sorry for my engrish!

[narusegawa]

YAY FOR KAZAA ^^...dats great news!!!!
also uses kazaa (kazaalite)..-_-
y does everybuddy like sueing kazaa?? theres many others to pick on..like: winmix and dc....

[Unimatrix Prime™]

Originally posted by narusegawa
YAY FOR KAZAA ^^...dats great news!!!!
also uses kazaa (kazaalite)..-_-
y does everybuddy like sueing kazaa?? theres many others to pick on..like: winmix and dc....

Kazaa is a much larger and more well-known network than either WinMX or DC++, so it's only natural that they target the biggest threats first.

As for the news, another article can be found here. To me, it's good that Kazaa won this battle, as it'll hopefully lessen the amount of people getting sued for sharing files.

[MTRLevolution]

file sharing is something that can't be stopped. they can try, but they can't shut them all down, they can only compete with them.

[CT_Cool]

Yeahhh for kazaa, gud job they come through so we can keep our d/l

[jerms]

uh..so does this go into effect worldwide? or just in that country? o_o

[kournikova]

great news

[sxesven]

Originally posted by jerms
uh..so does this go into effect worldwide? or just in that country? o_o

'that' country is my beloved Holland j/k, anyways, I do think it'll be influential. KaZaA just ISN'T illegal, so not anywhere on the world it can be judged as so.

On the bad side tho, this will mean that copyright companies as the RIAA and such will go after individual users instead of sueing companies such as KaZaA, eMule, and DC++.

[miruku]

yea!!
go kazaa!~!

[rainbow_momiji™]

bad 4 kazaa, personally its a piece of crap..

[..:DisarO:..]

Go KaZaA!

[Shin-Domoto]

I don't know why I don't like kazaa... this news is both good & bad...

[kiseki89]

Sorrie...but i juz wan to ask, cant i dl songs from kazaa? will i be caught?

[sxesven]

You can d/l songs. If you will be caught... I doubt it. You're from Singapore, rite? It's mostly the RIAA that's been bugging American users.