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Re: [P2P] The Register reporting: KaZaA ordered to cease infringi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rudolf van der Berg)
Thu Nov 29 14:58:13 2001
Message-ID: <000601c1790e$6f7e5d60$13e75982@raindeer>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:45:44 +0100
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From: Rudolf van der Berg <R.vanderberg@STUDENT.UTWENTE.NL>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
In-Reply-To: <95AC7052DE4A78488DCFB615F7A49EA401B55F0C@emerald.msu.montana.edu>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Smith, Sheila
> Sent: donderdag 29 november 2001 19:38
> To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: FW: [P2P] The Register reporting: KaZaA ordered to
> cease infringi ng copyright
>
>
> Check out this article about KaZaA...is it a nail in the
> coffin for them?
Had a quick read of the Dutch article that was refered to (see
http://www.webwereld.nl/)
The judge has ordered Kazaa to stop infringing on the copyrights of
musicians. He gave them two weeks to arrange this. As the lawyer of
Kazaa rightfully mentions they are not the ones doing the infringing,
but the users are doing that. They will therefore probably appeal this
decision.
The judge also decided that the Buma/Stemra, the Dutch organisation that
represents the rights of musicians, has to start talks with Kazaa within
two days to discuss an agreement on legal music sharing.
The only thing Kazaa will probably do if they don't get the agreement
within two weeks is to stop distributing its software, since Kazaa
doesn't have central servers, there is no way they can be shut down.
So for the bandwith policemen out there, it is not yet time to dance on
the grave of another file sharing company.
> Had to smile when I read the part of about a
> "Recording Industry Ass. of America" internal memo.
Oh yeah, the famous The Register humor :-)
Greetings,
Rudolf
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