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Kazaa Derivatives Offer RIAA-Blocking Features
Extreme Tech ^ | July 13, 2003 | Mark Hachman

Posted on 07/13/2003 1:43:24 PM PDT by Recourse

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:04:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Two derivatives of the popular Kazaa peer-to-peer filesharing service now actively attempt to block scans by the RIAA and other agencies, escalating the P2P war to a new level.

Both Kazaa K++ and Kazaa Lite, two very similar modifications to the Kazaa file-sharing system by Sharman Networks, now contain hooks to the PeerGuardian database of IP addresses. Both updates were published to the Web at the end of last week.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: kazaa; riaa

1 posted on 07/13/2003 1:43:25 PM PDT by Recourse
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To: Recourse
Those that I know are using K-Lite are very satisfied with it's features (along with the ad/spam blocking tech built into the software). A general message thread on K-Lite is over at BetaNews.com.
2 posted on 07/14/2003 11:41:59 AM PDT by mhking
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To: Recourse
BTTT
3 posted on 07/14/2003 3:43:48 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: facedown
good stuff.... we knew this was only a matter of time.
4 posted on 07/14/2003 6:08:48 PM PDT by Tuxedo
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To: Badabing Badaboom
kazaa ping
5 posted on 07/15/2003 5:26:51 PM PDT by TrebleRebel
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To: Nightshift
ping
6 posted on 08/08/2003 10:01:19 PM PDT by tutstar
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