Download KaZaA temporarily blocked
Who the software tries comes to download from the site of KaZaA, deceptions. “The downloading of the KaZaA Media Desktop software is temporary and voluntary stopgezet in expectation of the lawsuit”, as reports KaZaA.
Now pace is clear become that KaZaA in higher occupation is gone against the pronunciation of the Amsterdam court. Before yet a date must be pricked. The right particular end of November that KaZaA measures must take the exchanging of authors judge body protected material against to go.
What this `zodanige measures' precisely must be, is yet always unclear. Also KaZaA want to have about this clarity. The uitwisselservice has at the right asked explanation to give about its judgment so that one fitting measures can take. Opposite comes on 31 January pronunciation.
The decision to stop with the downloading has naturally everything to make with the judgment of November. Recent Buma/Stemra the judgment has meant namely, concerned must be brought what will say that which the copyrights organizations the judgment actively into effect. This lifted as of Thursday.
Fine
With the temporarily stop to download of the possibility the software, will KaZaA a possible fine want to escape. For each day that KaZaA fails fitting measures to take, can the business after all become started. The fine per day amounts says to 45,000 Euros, as KaZaA-boss Niklas Zennstrm.
“KaZaA has no sources such amount to to pay. Since we not precise knowledge what the judgment restrain, have we decided the most drastic measures to take that we us can propose: the stopping of the offering of our client software”, as says Zennstrm.
With this naturally has not been said that the actual exchange by media truce a halt has been called. He who already KaZaA stand has on its computer, can continue now yet subject to with the damaging of copyrights. Currently Buma and KaZaA negotiate yet about a possible legal service.
KaZaA holds full that it impossibly is the exchange to stop, but connoisseurs think that the Amsterdam business well thoroughly in state is this to do. Earlier measures proved that: users were obliged an upgrade on to get. By who this did not, refused the program then service.
KaZaA is since last year one of the most popular pear-to-pear programs. De software is world-wide already more than 30 million turn downloaded.
Update, 16.10 hour:New information has been added, among many the reaction of CEO Zennstrm.