It was just a matter of time I guess. According to K-lite forum moderator "RatFaced" the Kazaa Lite K++ project has been shut down by Sharman Networks on grounds of copyright infringement.
However, the program infringed on the copyright of Sharman Networks, the company that now own and program the Kazaa Media Desktop application, after the purchase of the code and copyright in 2002. The FastTrack (Kazaa) network is financed through advertising systems, which Kazaa Lite K++ does not include, and so was seen as a threat by the owners. Sharman have threatened legal action, and ordered that the offending content be removed from the official Kazaa Lite sites, including http://www.kazaalite.tk/ which now contains no reference to the existance of the application. RatFaced said that the decision was 'Ironic, that Kazaa is complaining about copyright issues, especially as K-Lite ++ stands for everything that Kazaa CLAIMS to stand for... but fails to deliver." |
Well,
that takes the cake. The Kazaa Lite software is still working, but who knows what may happen in the future. Sharman is going to risk upsetting a lot of folks with this action. Feel free to discuss this in our Music Downloads, P2P and Legal Issues Forum.
Source: Peerguardian.net Forum
