Another of the older p2p networks has decided to quit fighting the cartel, I suspect its another of those networks that made a lot of cash from its users and more than hinted that copyright content was available, those reasons made it a ripe peach for the cash hungry media Cartel.
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1250The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the ARIA has announced a $100 million settlement - the most any P2P firm has ever paid. As comparison, BearShare and Grokster paid $30 million to settle, while iMesh got away with only $4 million.
“This is another important victory in this historic case,” said Dan Glickman, MPAA President and CEO,"today’s settlement announcement represents yet another milestone in the progress the content and online communities have made in coming together to meet consumer demands while still respecting the rights of content creators.”
As part of the settlement and transition to a "legal" service, Sharman Networks must prohibit sharing of copyrighted material, install "robust" filtering technology, introduce a legitimate business model, and pay the substantial sum of $100 million.
This is not so bad for Sharman networks the owners of the Kazzaa software as it will leave them very comfortably in pocket and allow them to update the rather dated client that has been sitting idle since the litigation started of course the record companies have made no mention of any legal distribution agreements so we are likely to see a mass exodus of Kazzaa users to other networks, funny old world
