Scarlett
Jul 29 2006, 01:10 PM
<img src='/images/misc/gavel.jpg' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>RECORD companies have been awarded $150 million in damages from an internet network dispensing free music in one of the biggest blows against online piracy.</b><br /><br />Cameron Adams<br /> <br /> July 29, 2006 12:00am<br /> <br /> Australian-based file-sharing site Kazaa will pay damages to local and overseas record companies, and become a legitimate provider of legal music online.<br /> <br /> Last year the Federal Court of Australia found Kazaa had breached copyright by distributing music free to up to 4.2 million users, depriving artists of royalties. <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://www.news.com.au/sundayheraldsun/story/0,,19945640-661,00.html' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Full Article Here</font></a><br />
Starbuck
Jul 29 2006, 03:56 PM
If Kazaa now get rid of all the adware from their product..... that'll be even better news