Didn't see this posted anywhere...this really sucks. ======================================= Kazaa Lite Shut Down posted by nf1n1te on December 05, 2003 @ 07:54pm Speaking with RatFaced, one of the Kazaa Lite forum moderators today and our contact at K-Lite, I have uncovered news that the Kazaa Lite K++ project has been shut down by Sharman Networks on grounds of copyright infringement. The project, which had been set up to block spy and ad ware within the Kazaa Media Desktop Program has achieved notoriety within the P2p world through its simplistic approach and success in reverse engineering the Kazaa application. 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.” We will perhaps never see Kazaa Lite again, but we can hope that users will remain aware of the spyware that is hidden inside the Kazaa application, which is used to finance the creation of the software. eMule and WinMX offer spyware-free alternatives to Kazaa.
Well ****, now I can't finish my po, I mean movies. That would explain why my friend had trouble with it starting a few weeks ago. Oh well, there's always iMesh/whatever-other-peer-to-peer-network-will-pop-up-tomorrow.
Imagine the sheer gal of Kazaa Lite not respecting Kazaa's copyright -- with the way Kazaa soooo repects everone else's intellectual property rights. I hate it when the bad guys win.
Could you hook me up with a link? I can't find it anywhere. I have an old copy installed, but it no longer works.
I'm not familiar at all with whatever Bit Torrent is, but for some reason it's on this computer. And I'll look for more--OH MY GOD!!! WTF is up with Dunleavy's hair?!?!?!?!
http://sourceforge.net/projects/btplusplus/ They haven' worked on it in a bit but it worked last time I tried it.
Well, I just opened up Kazaa Lite, did a search, and it worked. Maybe the site to download the prog might be down, but it's still running..
I have regular kazaa. I know, I have spyware somewhere. Do you guys still download mp3s? I am too chicken **** to.
SO the program still works? That is sweet if they just took it off the sites so that no one can download it. I have it installed on my computer back in Tx. I still download music, at small amounts. And I don't share my tunes.
I'm sure the program won't work for much longer. If it does indeed work now, it's only because it connects to the Fast Track network that Grokster and Kazaa use. When they develop a way of restricting access to their network to only their newest client, you'll have to download spyware crap programs to get on Fast Track. Screw it anyway. eDonkey2000 is a great network, and is almost as populated with files as Fast Track, and there are several clients that are licensed to operate on it spyware free. Definitely get the eMule client. The benefit of this network is that all the files are correctly hashed. You can even view all of the previous names to a file you're about to download. What's cool about that is you know you're not getting Brittney Spears when you meant to get Eminem. You can also go to www.filedonkey.com and do a search for shared files on the eDonkey2000 network. It gives you an in-depth listing of the file's history and if you have, say, the eMule program, all you have to do is click on the link it gives you on the webpage and the software will automatically start downloading it. Also, BitTorrent is a great thing. But that BT++ client (program) is a crappy one to use. It's more user friendly, but it doesn't share well so you don't get shared with too well either. I just did a lot of research last night on BitTorrent clients, and everyone says that Shadow's Experimental is the best client available. It's not too difficult at all, so don't get scared away. All you have to do is go on the internet and find a torrent for the file you want, and when you open it the program will automatically start finding people with that file and downloading it. http://link2u.tk has a bunch of sites with bunches of torrents. The one at the top of that page, SuperNova, is the best. Just download that Shadow's Experimental, go to SuperNova, and click on the torrent you want. Save the torrent file, open it up, and Shadow's will do the rest for you. This thread at SuperNova forums should explain a whole lot about torrents: http://suprnovaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=959 IMO, torrents are the next big thing for file sharing, far superior to these antique Kazaa-ish methods...it's just waiting for people to start the sharing.
BTW, that Supernova how-to forum I just linked to is a great place to learn about various things. It taught me a whole lot about several things - especially BitTorrent. You guys that are new to this stuff should definitely check it out. Those that know a lot already can still learn from some of the stuff in there. I'm not even remotely trying to spam here, but check it out. http://suprnovaforums.com/index.php?showforum=13 I don't remember if you have to register to view, but I do remember that you can't have a "free" email adress to register (just like this site). Have fun guys, there's a whole new world of file sharing to be explored.
Oh, and one more Pro-BitTorrent interjection: You will never have RIAA suing you if you do things that would for some reason piss them off. There is ZERO chance of this happening.
This website should give you a bit more info on Bit Torrent: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/28462
BitTorrent is the file-sharing protocol I use. The tracker which coordinates which users have which parts of the file publishes a list of all the IP addresses sharing the file. In actual fact, some websites that provide torrent files and tracker services (http://mac.torrentskickass.com) publish these IPs to a web page. Hardly a large amount of effort required from the RIAA to track you down.
