Hopefully YES !!Sharman Networks will win...thats all i know...And then everyone can be free to share without harrassment.
Hopefully YES !!Sharman Networks will win...thats all i know...
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Turning the tables on record labels, makers of the most popular Internet song-swapping network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement.
Sharman Networks Ltd., the company behind the Kazaa file-sharing software, filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing the entertainment companies of using unauthorized versions of its software in their efforts to root out users. Entertainment companies have offered bogus versions of copyright works and sent online messages to users.
Sharman said the companies used Kazaa Lite, an ad-less replica of its software, to get onto the network. The lawsuit also claims efforts to combat piracy on Kazaa violated terms for using the network.
Trying again
Sharman's lawsuit also revives its previous allegation that the entertainment companies violated antitrust laws by stopping Sharman and its partner from distributing authorized copies of music and movies through Kazaa.
U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson rejected those claims in July but last week allowed Sharman to try again. Sharman is incorporated in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu with main offices in Sydney, Australia.
Firing back
The Recording Industry Association of America called Sharman's "newfound admiration for the importance of copyright law" ironic and "self-serving."
Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, a division of CNN's parent company AOL Time Warner, declined to comment on Sharman's latest lawsuit.
Recording companies sued 261 music fans this month, claiming they were illegally distributing hundreds of digital song files apiece over the Internet. The industry trolled file-sharing networks such as Kazaa and downloaded song files from users' computers.
Once the industry determined a downloaded song file was a copyright work, they issued subpoenas to Internet access providers to find out who was behind the account used to log onto the file-sharing network.
RIAA drops one lawsuit
Meanwhile, the recording industry group has dropped one of the 261 lawsuits, a case filed against a 66-year-old sculptor who apparently was targeted in a case of mistaken identity.
Sarah Seabury Ward, of Newbury, Massachusetts, was accused of illegally sharing more than 2,000 songs through Kazaa, including rapper Trick Daddy's "I'm a Thug." The music companies threatened to hold her liable for up to $150,000 for each song.
After Ward's lawyer complained that Ward is a "computer neophyte" who never installed file-sharing software or downloaded any songs, the case was dropped in federal court in Boston on Friday.
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can i post it in TIPS thread?Originally posted by Gre1@25 September 2003 - 10:35
Yep, we know posted already twice:
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=69326
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Sorry if this topic looks like a total mess, I merged 3 topic's.
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my head hurts now BOT thanks alot but keep up the good workOriginally posted by [B][O][T]@25 September 2003 - 00:17
Sorry if this topic looks like a total mess, I merged 3 topic's.
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good for kazaa and suing back
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Originally posted by sharedholder@24 September 2003 - 19:25
Not only is Sharman suing for the aforementioned, its is now targeting the RIAA for copyright infringement. Sharman claims that the RIAA is using the infamous Kazaa Lite, a popular and superior version of the Kazaa software. Through this software, Sharman claims the RIAA is gathering information on their users, distribution false files, and harassing FastTrack users with instant messages.
Can I Take Any Credit For This...
August 18 Email To Sharman
Why is everybody happy that Sharman is suing the RIAA? If Sharman wins it will mean trouble for Kazaa-lite. If you noticed Sharman specifically names Kazaa-lite as the weapon of choice and NOT Kazaa. This is a direct attack on BOTH the RIAA and Kazaa-lite
Sharman Networks Ltd., the company behind the Kazaa file-sharing software, filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing the entertainment companies of using unauthorized versions of its software in their efforts to root out users. Entertainment companies have offered bogus versions of copyright works and sent online messages to users.
Sharman said the companies used Kazaa Lite, an ad-less replica of its software, to get onto the network. The lawsuit also claims efforts to combat piracy on Kazaa violated terms for using the network.
If Sharman wins that will mean the U.S. Courts will find that Kazaa-lite is an "Unauthorized" program, based on technology and rights Sharman purchased from the Dutch inventors of Kazaa. Therefore the use of Kazaa-lite will be judged to be "Copyright Infringment" and subsequently everybody who uses Kazaa-lite will be guilty of such.
The Recording Industry Association of America called Sharman's "newfound admiration for the importance of copyright law" ironic and "self-serving."
You may be right, but I think it's a red herring.Originally posted by Hdestm8r@25 September 2003 - 09:07
Why is everybody happy that Sharman is suing the RIAA? If Sharman wins it will mean trouble for Kazaa-lite. If you noticed Sharman specifically names Kazaa-lite as the weapon of choice and NOT Kazaa. This is a direct attack on BOTH the RIAA and Kazaa-lite
From everything I've studied about RIAA's tactics, they are NOT using the same version of Kazaa Lite that WE are -- they're probably using something made in-house... with specialized bits to make busting 'pirates' easier.
Sharman's goal is to REVEAL what the RIAA is using, show just how much 'illegal hacking' RIAA did to create such tools, and legally block their use.
RIAA has already released a manifesto of its tactics to various news agencies to locate/stall/virus-infect/destroy file-sharing computers. These are using tools they ALREADY have, but have only used 'in a limited manner for testing purposes only' (their words...)
This was done to SCARE us, but I think we can make it backfire if we some research of our own. We could probably prove in as little as a couple days/week that RIAA is using most of those tools in a wholesale way. Even the viruses that are tailor-made for Kazaa may be indirectly pinned on them as an example of one or more of their 'test samples' that slipped out... At the very least, RIAA may be forced to show its tools in court (although probably a locked doors, private session...) to defend ITS innocence. Even showing that it has viruses at all for destroying the networks will NOT sit well with ANY judge or jury who's been hit recently by some the big viruses like MSBlaster or Sobig.f...
Originally posted by REALITY+25 September 2003 - 02:10--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (REALITY @ 25 September 2003 - 02:10)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-sharedholder@24 September 2003 - 19:25
Not only is Sharman suing for the aforementioned, its is now targeting the RIAA for copyright infringement. Sharman claims that the RIAA is using the infamous Kazaa Lite, a popular and superior version of the Kazaa software. Through this software, Sharman claims the RIAA is gathering information on their users, distribution false files, and harassing FastTrack users with instant messages.
Can I Take Any Credit For This...
August 18 Email To Sharman [/b][/quote]
You know REALITY, maybe it was bc of you! I mean, they listened to RandomNut too a while back....
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