Kazaa to pay entertainment industry $115 million

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"The company that produced software called 'Kazaa,' which made it simple for millions of computer users to download music and movies over the Internet, has agreed to pay more than $115 million to the entertainment industry to settle global piracy lawsuits, the industry said Thursday." [Yahoo]

posted at 10:03 AM on July 27, 2006 in industry | music | Comments (8)

Comments (8)

Do you still get spyware if you install Kazaa on your PC?

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2006 11:18 AM

Yes, but now you have to pay $7.5 million for it.

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2006 11:24 AM

kazaa? who uses kazaa anymore anyway? hasn't everyone who knows anything about software to download music made the move to soulseek, like years ago?

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2006 11:32 AM

if use kazaa with a dsl line it makes computer run like dial-up. how about paying users for all the spam that gets put on computer.

Posted by adminboy | July 27, 2006 11:37 AM

torrenting is my method of choice now; not the breadth of choice I was used to w/napster in its heyday, but much more reliable and high-quality

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2006 11:41 AM

"not the breadth of choice I was used to w/napster in its heyday"

are you a member of oink? that place is even better than napster was

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2006 1:55 PM

If anyone thinks this isn't gonna happen to YouTube, they are dreaming.

Posted by Nate | July 27, 2006 2:11 PM

Another healthy alternative is newsgroups with a client like XNews or Grabbit. A little more work, a little less choice, alot better quality. Especially good for whole albums.

Posted by JimC | July 27, 2006 3:58 PM