Aug 31 2003

Kazaa Lite removed from Google

First discovered by a member of UTC, it seems that Google has removed a few results from their search engine.

A quote from the search page:

In response to a complaint we received under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 8 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint for [...]

Aug 30 2003

Music industry claims MP3s are traceable

Recording industry lawyers have claimed that detailed analysis of the data in MP3 music files can prove the files were downloaded illegally from an online file-sharing network.
The revelation came with the release of court documents relating to a case against a New York woman. She is accused of sharing 1000 songs through a peer-to-peer file [...]

Aug 30 2003

RIAA stands firm against file-swapper

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has levelled a full legal barrage at the sole Kazaa user fighting its attempts to identify file-swappers, saying she was indisputably a major copyright infringer.
In papers filed this week with a federal court in Washington, the RIAA said it did not oppose the anonymous Kazaa user’s request to [...]

Aug 30 2003

Maileet V.1.1b released

I’m happy to announce that a new version of Maileet is out. Among the new features on this version:
- Encryption: Maileet uses AES encryption by default and you can set your own encryption password (key). It is virtually impossible to know what you are sending or receiving. Notice that this version will not work with [...]

Aug 30 2003

Sep. 12th, TechTV: ‘Music Wars: Open Mike’

From the rise of Napster and the hottest P2P apps to the Recording Industry Association of America’s subpoenas, TechTV brings you the latest from the front lines of the file-sharing Music Wars.

On Friday, Sept. 12, musicians, lawyers, industry leaders, record executives, and representatives from groups including the RIAA and the Electronic Frontier Foundation [...]

Aug 29 2003

Kazaa Scanner 1.4

Kazaa Scanner 1.4

Keep newly downloaded Kazaa and WinMX (+ other P2P program) files in private quarantine while sharing others.

Kazaa Scanner is a free simple P2P add-on utility to move downloaded files immediately into ‘quarantine’ (an unshared folder). Other users will still be able to upload your existing files but newly downloaded files are immediately moved [...]

Aug 29 2003

Music Pirates, You’re Sunk

In early September, the U.S. music industry is planning to break every known rule of corporate public relations by suing hundreds of high school valedictorians, pilots, firefighters, entrepreneurs, and other seemingly upstanding citizens for stealing songs online. The legal confrontation will pit a small group of powerful, technophobic oligopolists against a hip, youthful army of [...]

Aug 29 2003

mIRC 6.1 has been released!

mIRC 6.1 released on August 29th
A fresh new version of mIRC! With this new release we hope to address most, if not all, of the comments,
requests and remarks we received after the release of version 6.03. Discussions about the changes and
features in this new version are very welcome on the message board. Have fun and [...]

Aug 28 2003

RIAA Expands Subpoena Campaign to Gnutella

In the most recent list of Subpoenas filed by the record industry, Gnutella has joined MP2P, and Fast Track. It is quickly becoming obvious that simply not using Kazaa, or another F.T. client will not be enough to guarantee your safety. Users of three different Gnutella clients appear on the newest list. BearShare,Shareaza, [...]

Aug 28 2003

Premium ‘Kazaa Plus’ Launched

Ad-Free version delivers more effective search and download, customer service and enhanced virus protection

Online Distribution (AOD) SA, a subsidiary of global software publishing house Titus Interactive Group, today announced the launch of Kazaa Plus, a premium, paid for version of Kazaa Media Desktop, the world’s most popular peer-to-peer file sharing application.

Kazaa Plus, developed by Sharman [...]

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