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Sue the world update

A couple of RIAA follies for you:

1. The RIAA pulls a suit against a Mac user who supposedly used the Windoze only Kazaa filesharing application. Keep going RIAA, your screwups are undermining your case better than we could possibly do!
2. Sharman Networks is suing entertainment companies for using Kazaa Lite:

   Sharman said the companies used Kazaa Lite, an ad-less replica of its software, to get onto the network. The lawsuit also claims efforts to combat piracy on Kazaa violated terms for using the network. Entertainment companies have offered bogus versions of copyright works and sent online messages to users.

   Sharman's lawsuit also revives its previous allegation that the entertainment companies violated antitrust laws by stopping Sharman and its partner from distributing authorized copies of music and movies through Kazaa.

   Man bites dog. I love it.

Posted by Mayhem at September 24, 2003 03:20 PM