Kazaa goes down, kinda
The Australian-based file-sharing hub, Kazaa, has been ordered to pay 90 percent of record companies costs and make sure future versions of their software include filters to prevent the trading of copyrighted music. The record companies are celebrating a victory and Kazaa may well be too. As with the Grokster case, the courts have mostly penalised Kazaa for promoting the illegal file-sharing component of their business, dismissing the more serious allegations of copyright infringement. And as with Grokster it’s virtually a blueprint for future filesharing co’s wanting to keep out of trouble.
