Kazaa blasts Hollywood conspiracy

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File-swapping company Sharman Networks filed new antitrust charges against record labels and Hollywood studios, hoping to deflect copyright infringement claims still pending over the popular Kazaa software.

The suit, which claims record labels and movie studios have conspired to drive Sharman Networks out of business in order to monopolize digital distribution, is virtually identical to charges first raised by the file-swapping company in January. Those charges were largely dismissed by a federal judge in July. The new suit, filed late Monday, addresses the judge's concerns that Sharman was not directly harmed by the labels' and studios' actions.

The revised suit lists the precise "conspiratorial" behavior that Kazaa says took place, including names of record executives who expressed interest in peer-to-peer distribution, but who then backed out.

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5081071.html

Also, as an added note it seems that google removed the "ban" on Kazaa Lite search results

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=I ... Kazaa+Lite

Now if only google.fr and google.de would remove their idiotic ban!