KaZaA secretly bundles AltNet distributed computing software

#1 (**permalink**) April 5th, 2002

<A HREF="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,4076451%255E2702,00.html">Front page of today's <I>Australian</I></A>

#2 (**permalink**) April 5th, 2002

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Originally posted by rp in <A HREF="http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=10025">LimeWire Open Discussion Forum</A>
This was on the msn.com news service this morning. It seems that spyware is being taken to a new level with Kazaa users.

http://msn.com.com/2100-1105-873416.html

Whoa - this is pretty nasty crap.

#3 (**permalink**) April 5th, 2002

No mention of this furor on the front of <A HREF="http://www.kazaa.com/">their web site</A>.

You will however notice that they are on their moral high-horse:

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COPYRIGHT - KaZaA does not condone activities and actions that breach the copyright of artists and copyright owners - as a KaZaA user you are bound by the KaZaA Terms of Use and laws governing copyright in each country.

No, they're not making any money from <I>that</I> ... they make it all by sneaking some software onto users computers that turns them into distributed ad-servers!

What a laugh!

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