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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.
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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.
(Excerpt) Read more at extremetech.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: kazaa; riaa
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posted on
07/13/2003 1:43:25 PM PDT
by
Recourse
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
To: Recourse
BTTT
3
posted on
07/14/2003 3:43:48 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
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
To: Badabing Badaboom
kazaa ping
To: Nightshift
ping
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posted on
08/08/2003 10:01:19 PM PDT
by
tutstar
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