robyrob
09-25-2003, 02:14 AM
Kazaa Sues RIAA - from Broadband Reports (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/33475)
"Turning the tables slightly, the makers of Kazaa file a lawsuit against the music industry. According to Sharman Networks, the RIAA has been logging into to file trading networks to track down file-traders; the hitch being they're doing so in part by using Kazaa-Lite, a spy-ware free and unauthorized version of the original client. Sharman also continues to claim that the RIAA is violating antitrust laws by stopping the company from distributing legitimate content (demos, legal films) via the file-sharing network.
Meanwhile a mistake by the RIAA's identification methods has fueled the fires of RIAA critics; the industry recently withdrawing one of many recent subpoenas after mistakenly identifying a 65 year old woman as an illegal sharer of rap MP3's. Though the RIAA has no evidence of the woman doing anything wrong, they issued one of their traditionally friendly responses to the gaff. "Please note, however, that we will continue our review of the issues you raised and we reserve the right to refile the complaint against Mrs. Ward if and when circumstances warrant."
Note: The woman mentioned above uses only Apple MacIntosh computers, which are incapable of running Kazaa or any compatible software. see story at SlashDot (http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/24/1442246.shtml?tid=123&tid=126&tid=95&tid=99)
"Turning the tables slightly, the makers of Kazaa file a lawsuit against the music industry. According to Sharman Networks, the RIAA has been logging into to file trading networks to track down file-traders; the hitch being they're doing so in part by using Kazaa-Lite, a spy-ware free and unauthorized version of the original client. Sharman also continues to claim that the RIAA is violating antitrust laws by stopping the company from distributing legitimate content (demos, legal films) via the file-sharing network.
Meanwhile a mistake by the RIAA's identification methods has fueled the fires of RIAA critics; the industry recently withdrawing one of many recent subpoenas after mistakenly identifying a 65 year old woman as an illegal sharer of rap MP3's. Though the RIAA has no evidence of the woman doing anything wrong, they issued one of their traditionally friendly responses to the gaff. "Please note, however, that we will continue our review of the issues you raised and we reserve the right to refile the complaint against Mrs. Ward if and when circumstances warrant."
Note: The woman mentioned above uses only Apple MacIntosh computers, which are incapable of running Kazaa or any compatible software. see story at SlashDot (http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/24/1442246.shtml?tid=123&tid=126&tid=95&tid=99)