Kazaa owner back for another bite at content conspiracy
File sharing network owner, Sharman Networks is set to give its private anti-trust action against the major record labels and Hollywood studios, another bash, after it failed to get a court to take it seriously last time, saying it didn’t offer evidence of harm from the defendants.
Now it has come back with another suit, [...]
eMule v0.40a.10 (Kademlia Testclient)
A little background first…
Barry is a former developer that started working on creating a Kademlia client. His original goal was to create a completely new client based only on Kademlia. Also the idea was to make that client a Overnet compatable client.. Barry got some of the basic functions of it working, then disapeared from [...]
DC++ 0.263
DC++ is an open source C++ client for the Direct Connect protocol. Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits.
Changes: — 0.263 2003-09-30 –
* Fixed a mouse click crash (thanks sed)
* Fixed so that donating is done in euro’s from the help menu (why don’t you try it [...]
Music biz should shift to flat-fee, P2P model – exec
Jim Griffin, the ex-Geffen Records new media boss described by CNN as “one of the sharpest minds in digital music”, today heads Cherry Lane Digital, a company focused on the digital delivery of art, meaning music, movies, books and other means of creative expression. Here, Jim explains why the online music business needs a radical [...]
Madonna sued for copying images for video
The Associated Press
Originally published September 30, 2003, 9:50 AM EDT
NEW YORK — The son of a fashion photographer has sued Madonna, saying his late father’s images were copied by the singer in a set of videos for a song called “Hollywood.”
Samuel Bourdin brought the lawsuit Friday, saying he holds the rights to the images created [...]
Peer-to-Peer Legal Defense Fund
Downhill Battle has set up a defense fund for the targets of the recent RIAA lawsuits. The fund is based on a p2p model—donations go directly from donors to RIAA targets with no middleperson collecting or distributing the funds. This mechanism solves both the trust and tax issues that would plague a centralized [...]
The End of Screeners
From AP: Hollywood implemented an anti-piracy plan Tuesday banning special DVDs and videotapes for Oscar voters, angering champions of smaller movies that have taken home an increasing share of the film industry’s highest honors.
Academy Awards voters will have to catch most of their movies in theaters after the major studios and their trade group, [...]
Diet Kaza 2.52
Ad-free Kazaa
Changes in Current Version:
Removes Gator adware (GAIN) installed files, temp files, and registry entries
Kills annoying ‘Kazaa Plus’ advertisment on search page for Kazaa 2.52
MyBar Uninstaller status window is now visible while the DK options window is open
DK DX will auto pause for 10 seconds when you Right Click in the Download Window
DK DX [...]
52 of 261 song downloading suits are settled
September 29, 2003
By Ted Bridis
The recording industry on Monday announced settlements with 52 of the 261 Internet users it sued over allegations they illegally permitted others to download music from their computers using popular file-sharing software.
The Recording Industry Association of America, which plans to file hundreds more lawsuits in October, [...]
Poisoned 0.481
Poisoned is a file sharing application for Mac OS X. Poisoned may look like your average file sharing application at first glance, but it is so much more. Unlike applications like Limewire or Kazaa that connect to only one file sharing network, Poisoned can connect to several seamlessly. Unlike Kazaa and several other file sharing [...]
