Kazaa illegal - So what?
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September 6th, 2005
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Australian courts just ruled the file-sharing software Kazaa illegal and the music industry in claiming a major victory against file-sharing programs. Ehhh what? I think the music industry is missing a point. And a very important point. The people that use Kazaa are clueless and count for a minuscule percentage of the actual downloads. I know the program has been downloaded over 300 million times but it's now 2005 and not year 2000. The people who use the software are beginners and grandma's who want to download a song or two easily. I don't even think many beginners use the software any more. Users on Kazaa have mostly slow dial-up connections and downloading a movie is impossible. It will take forever. The peak of Kazaa was around year 2000 and it was never a good solution for finding usable stuff.
It's now year 2005 and most people, at least here in Sweden and Europe, have broadband. Very fast broadband. Speeds of 10 mbit are very common and don't cost much. My connection ranges between 7 mbit and 20 mbit. Both up and down. I don't know a single person who still uses Kazaa. It's all Edonkey, Bittorrent and DC++ that rule the file-sharing world. And that's not likely to change anytime soon. The benefit with these programs is that they have no spyware, are easy to use, and offer downloads at tremendous speeds. Download a DVD in an hour or less. A whole CD in a minute or two. And you can find everything on these networks. And I really do mean everything.
It's hilarious the music industry find this to be a huge victory because it means absolutely nothing in the world of file-sharing. Closing down a program few use, no one likes, and which accounts for a tiny tiny percentage of the total volume seems like a waste of money to me. But the music industry has been hopelessly behind for the last ten years and it's not likely to change any time soon.
I see it as a huge victory for file-sharing that they are wasting resources on the most useless and least used program. Way to go!
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