Kazaa shuts down Kazaa Lite
Found on The Register on Thursday, 25 December 2003
This weekend users of Kazaa Lite K++ learned that almost every download site of the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing application had disappeared, including the links on its own home page.
Sharman Networks, the company behind the original Kazaa, approached the ISP of every website that hosted the program and ordered its removal on grounds of copyright infringement.
Now isn't that stunning? A company, accused to be responsible for causing immense copyright infringements, goes after a clone because of copyright infringement. Wasn't there something about a glass-house and stones? I hope they don't really think people will pay for Kazaa if they can use other free (and better) clients instead.