US Government wants to end porn on Kazaa - GoFuckYourself.com

Pornwolf · 05-06-2004, 10:14 AM

May 6, 2004 (NY Post) -- The Federal Trade Commission may wade into the battle on illegal file sharing.

A group of senators recently sent a letter to the FTC asking the commission to investigate "peer-to-peer networks" and, in particular, their ability to let users swap pornographic files over the Internet.

The letter notes that a federal court recently found that certain publishers and distributors of file-sharing software "may have intentionally structured their businesses to avoid secondary liability for copyright infringement, while benefiting financially from the illicit draw of their wares."

The letter notes the increase in pornography and child pornography on peer-to-peer networks, in addition to the swapping of music files.

I can't believe they are still trying to figure this whole "Internet Thing" out years later.

KaLi · 05-06-2004, 10:25 AM

Good, less free porn for those greedy surfers.

Lykos · 05-06-2004, 10:35 AM

Very good

Wilber · 05-06-2004, 11:19 AM

mp3s are still there and porn will always be there. Nobody
is going to stop anything in p2p-land. Control is an illusion.

brizzad · 05-06-2004, 11:20 AM

i have over 600 porn video files from kazaa.. they can end it for all i care... im set for life

Michaelious · 05-06-2004, 11:25 AM

the US goverment is always so late..are they surprised things like this go on

SoBeGirl Video · 05-06-2004, 11:29 AM

shit, I get all my traffic from there.

flashfreak · 05-06-2004, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wilber
mp3s are still there and porn will always be there. Nobody
is going to stop anything in p2p-land. Control is an illusion.

so true..

Creative · 05-06-2004, 11:39 AM

The US government is fucking gay

bufferover · 05-06-2004, 11:43 AM

Good news but i am not quite sure that they can stop porn material exchange in Kazaa and other programs that work on p2p

EviLGuY · 05-06-2004, 11:47 AM

People love their porn.. and the p2p networks are worldwide. I love how the US government thinks they can regulate the whole world.

eroswebmaster · 05-06-2004, 11:52 AM

While it would help us...LOL...this is stupid for them to believe it's even possible.

Theo · 05-06-2004, 11:55 AM

isnt kazaa a us based company?

zzgundamnzz · 05-06-2004, 11:58 AM

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Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
isnt kazaa a us based company?

I always thought they were in Australlia... or am I thinking of another company.

wizardsoftware · 05-06-2004, 12:01 PM

The buildings of Sharman Networks, the editor of Kazaa, based in Australia.....

so yea basically america, cos we all know Australia is America's bitch :P

Pornwolf · 05-06-2004, 12:03 PM

Kazaa is headquartered in Australia and incorporated in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu.

They've managed to evade our new media lawsuits so far. Now lets see if they can evade our fanatical right wing Pat Robertson political folks.

Theo · 05-06-2004, 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by zzgundamnzz
I always thought they were in Australlia... or am I thinking of another company.

yes,seems you are right,i checked their site and doesnt say much things. The min advertising enquiries are $10k from what I saw. They should make a shitload of money from kazaa.

Jakke PNG · 05-06-2004, 12:06 PM

Wtf? Where do I get my free porn then?

Rictor · 05-06-2004, 12:07 PM

A law like that would never pass, at least not on the basis they are trying to pass it on.

Now if they try to forbid it because the users are violating copyright, the same argument the music industry is using, then I can see it holding up in court.

Illicit · 05-06-2004, 12:07 PM

yes ! conversions would be better

imageman · 05-06-2004, 12:07 PM

Best news so far today

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chupacabra · 05-06-2004, 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by imageman
Best news so far today

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too true..

Pornwolf · 05-06-2004, 12:13 PM

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Originally posted by Rictor
A law like that would never pass, at least not on the basis they are trying to pass it on.

Now if they try to forbid it because the users are violating copyright, the same argument the music industry is using, then I can see it holding up in court.

That is one direction I think they would take but also I can see them trying the indecency angle and child porn angle.

There's tons of ways they can go to win this one in America as well as encouraging other jurisdictions like Germany to join in.

We can only hope the laws that they come up with to hurt the service don't hurt us as well. It could easily happen. They could piggyback so many laws on this one it's not even funny.

cluck · 05-06-2004, 12:17 PM

Umm, fasttrack is decentralized. All it would take is for people to keep running the client, and the client as of now is the best file sharing client around.

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Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	US Government wants to end porn on Kazaa May 6, 2004 (NY Post) -- The Federal Trade Commission may wade into the battle on illegal file sharing. A group of senators recently sent a letter to the FTC asking the commission to investigate "peer-to-peer networks" and, in particular, their ability to let users swap pornographic files over the Internet. The letter notes that a federal court recently found that certain publishers and distributors of file-sharing software "may have intentionally structured their businesses to avoid secondary liability for copyright infringement, while benefiting financially from the illicit draw of their wares." The letter notes the increase in pornography and child pornography on peer-to-peer networks, in addition to the swapping of music files. I can't believe they are still trying to figure this whole "Internet Thing" out years later. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

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Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	isnt kazaa a us based company?

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wizardsoftware Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 56	The buildings of Sharman Networks, the editor of Kazaa, based in Australia..... so yea basically america, cos we all know Australia is America's bitch :P __________________ Need to automate? We got the tools Avs Wizard - Hub Wizard - Gallery Wizard and more! Check us out - get automated!

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Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	Kazaa is headquartered in Australia and incorporated in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. They've managed to evade our new media lawsuits so far. Now lets see if they can evade our fanatical right wing Pat Robertson political folks. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

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Jakke PNG ex-TeenGodFather Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suomi Finland Perkele Posts: 20,306	Wtf? Where do I get my free porn then? __________________ ..and I'm off.

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Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	A law like that would never pass, at least not on the basis they are trying to pass it on. Now if they try to forbid it because the users are violating copyright, the same argument the music industry is using, then I can see it holding up in court.

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imageman Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,938	Best news so far today .

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cluck Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,248	Umm, fasttrack is decentralized. All it would take is for people to keep running the client, and the client as of now is the best file sharing client around. __________________ icq 279990726 www.mcdonalds.com <- great money making opportunity