"At trial, we asked the judge to be clear in his verdict if he was going to side with Buma/Stemra.
KaZaA doesn't require a central server to work, unlike Napster, which was shut down when it installed filters on its servers after a legal battle in the U.S. KaZaA is so-called peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software that allows users to search each other's hard drives for files they want and to download those. Online music subscriptions should offer choice and convenience.Closure of Napster halves file sharing in Europe."And the minute we take down our Web site, mirrors will appear." IDG.net INFOCENTER "Our software can't disappear, it is already out there," he said. KaZaA is puzzled by the verdict and it doesn't understand exactly what to do, said KaZaA's attorney Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm. If it doesn't, the company will have to pay 100,000 guilders (US$40,000) a day, with a maximum of 2 million guilders, the judge ruled. KaZaA has 14 days to comply with the order. Orobio de Castro found that because KaZaA BV does not have a license from Buma/Stemra it is acting unlawfully by making software available that allows users to download music files. In a case brought to the Amsterdam district court by Buma/Stemra, an organization that represents composers, songwriters and music publishers in the Netherlands, Judge R. (IDG) - The makers of popular file-sharing software KaZaA have to make it impossible for users to continue to share copyright-protected material using the software, or pay a fine for each day the product remains unchanged, a Dutch judge ordered Thursday.
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