KaZaA Collapses 373
MikeKD writes "according to SFGate, KaZaA has announced that it will fold due to the cost of defending itself against the RIAA & MPAA. The timing is notable since on Monday, Altnet (owned by Brillant Digital) announced plans for "sponsored listings in peer-to-peer search" on its "separate [and] secure P2P resource-sharing network"."
oh well (Score:1, Funny)
NOOOooo !! (Score:4, Funny)
Cheers! (Score:2, Funny)
Long live Gnutella [gnutella.com]!
-Jeff
my life is a joke (Score:4, Funny)
Just finished, at 5 a.m. Guess I don't want to get sued
It was fun while it lasted...
Oh no.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Try to catch me ... (Score:2, Funny)
P2P Company Ownership (Score:3, Funny)
The cost of constantly instigating action against an "owner" would cripple potential action
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Hmmm this could do more harm than good in the long run. I personally think there are to many people who don't want to take responsibility for their actions. Perhaps its time tht everyone took on the industries and knocked it through their thick heads that people are tired of being ripped off.
But hey I won't hold my breath and expect to see that sort of consumer action in my life time (if ever). We live in a flock (as in sheep) society - easy pickings for the wolves.
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Re:"In a related story... (Score:5, Funny)
These were the days when CuteFTP was unstable and kept crashing. Ahhhh, those were the days when song-swapping was personal. Some people with me got kicked from the FTP server in mid-download, got pissed off and ping-flooded the FTP server for 10 minutes. It was all so personal.
Usually the FTP servers would be busy with >50 simultaneous users so you;d have to hammer the FTP server with a 3-second wait timeout. Sometimes I'd use my own PC to hammer, and I'd ssh into my friend's linux box and use it's ftp to hammer also, and then use the first one to connect. Trouble is if you hammered to hard they'd ban your IP address for 15 minutes to 1 day. With DHCP just hang up and dial up again to get a new IP address. These were the days when a static IP address (like with ADSL) was something to be avoided at all costs.
Sometimes I reminisce about the good old days by downloading from Kazaa and opening up an MSDOS prompt and typing netstat to get the reverse-DNS, makes things feel a little personal again for a few seconds. But I suppose old-timers like me with the personal touch aren't wanted any more *sniff sniff*.
So when you kids point and double-click on Kazaa, remember us, the pioneers who did things the hard way.
Score:5 Historic, pre-P2P era dinosaur, modded up out of feeling of respect for your elders, when everything wasn't as automatic as Kazaa
Re:Try to catch me ... (Score:2, Funny)
RIAA, please don't squeeze the Sharman...
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