It wasn't too long in the past when the downfall off Napster came about, followed by what seemed to be the collapse of Kazaa, the highly popular sharing system used by millions of people. But the tables seems to have reversed...

Kazaa this week launched a countersuit against the industry's claims of copyright infringement mainly because of the substantial amount of users found to be in California even though the company is registered in Vanutu and based in Australia where the copyright laws are not in comparison to American copyright laws.

The counter lawsuit from Kazaa (Sharman Networks Ltd) alleges "copyright misuse, monopolization, and deceptive acts and practices." as quoted by Yahoo News Source.

"In seeking to simultaneously stop illegal copying and to maintain their dominant position in the distribution of musical and movie content, the industry plaintiffs have obscenely overreached," Sharman said.

The Recording Industry Association of America thinks otherwise though. Their retort was that of:

"Sharman's claims are akin to the thief who plunders Fort Knox and then claims she's not responsible because Fort Knox declined to buy her second-rate security system..."

A futile response from Kazaa / Sharman Networks? Or is this one of the strongest attacks on the industry yet?

Sourced from ivibes.nu

Personally I think its about time someone put it to the RIAA. Those greedy morons have long failed to embrace the technology and just figured all this file-sharing would go away with a few flexes of their muscles through legal actions. I think the artists are losing money but not because of us, their buying public but because the record companies who no doubt stand to lose everything if one day artists decided to put out their music by themselves and cut out the overhead. The record companies take the majority of the profits anyway.

If they'd only put the same time and effort into using the technology instead of hunting down every file sharing service, they'd actually get somewhere. For every file sharing service they take down, there's another five that come up. You would think they'd realize this by now. It truly is an excercise in futility.

If Kazaa was to win this countersuit maybe that would be the kick in the ass that the industry needs to get them thinking straight.

Trigger

Unfortunetly Corporate law is built to protect big wigs like the RIAA. Whcih is why they think they can halt technological progress.

Trigger is right they need to concentrate their energy on embracing new technology and not try and kill it. They were once offered a peice of the napster pie but decided to shut it down istead.

One day they will realize the errors of their ways. Hopefully it will be too late for those money gubbing bafoons.

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Originally posted by Time2Burn Unfortunetly Corporate law is built to protect big wigs like the RIAA. Whcih is why they think they can halt technological progress. Trigger is right they need to concentrate their energy on embracing new technology and not try and kill it. They were once offered a peice of the napster pie but decided to shut it down istead. One day they will realize the errors of their ways. Hopefully it will be too late for those money gubbing bafoons.

what do u expect...RIAA is american... and the big american corporations only want to be on top of the game..they dont let a little man come up in anyway..just push em back down...

first it was shawn fanning of napster...whos next...

and yes its good kazaa is countersuing them...they deserve it..americans arent the only ones producing music..

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i'm taking an Information Law course right now in school .. it basically deals with aspects such as this: the legalities behind online music, movie piracy, etc..

It's very informative and really goes into details about differences in laws between Canada and the US and who can be held accountable if at all and also how international law works on the internet. if any of you are currently at Ryerson I highly recommend the course.. LAW723..

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Hmm, it's Kazaa vs. RIAA this time? Good fucken luck...

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In other related news, G.U takes another hit by claiming that Warren's GU will be delayed if released at all.

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Bullshitttttt....

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Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee what do u expect...RIAA is american... and the big american corporations only want to be on top of the game..they dont let a little man come up in anyway..just push em back down...

90% of corporations in the world are like that, not just in America.

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Originally posted by fantom Bullshitttttt....

pm me if you want the .nfo , u think i'm kidding ?

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Originally posted by fastmp3 pm me if you want the .nfo , u think i'm kidding ?

Fantom, I would take that for real. Just like with Warez, there is release groups who have their ppl working at record companies or record stores who can get these things and just like warez, can release them MONTHS before they are even advertised. This has happened with many PC games as well as some applications. MP3s copies also are now coming out way before actually being released as promos.

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