Kazaa trying to keep Google from linking to

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

August 11, 2003

 

Sender Information:

Sharman Networks

Sent by: [Private]

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP

[private]

Encino, CA, 94136, USA

 

Recipient Information:

Customer Support, DMCA Complaints

Google Inc.

Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA

 

Sent via: Federal Express

Re: NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We act on behalf of Sharman Networks, Ltd. (the "Owner").

 

As required under Sections 512©(3) and 512(d)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §§512©(3) and 512(d)(3)), we are instructed to place you on notice that:

 

1. The Owner is the exclusive owner of the copyrights in and to the Kazaa Media Desktop software (the "KMD"); and

 

2. Utilizing the search query, "kazaa," at www.google.com, the following search results (the "Infringing Material") contain unauthorized copies of the KMD or unauthorized derivative works of the KMD which infringe the KMD and the exclusive rights of the Owner:

 

a. http://www.kazaagold.com

b. http://mp3download.com

c. http://www.kazaalite.tk

d. http://www.kaaza.com

e. http://doa2.host.sk

f. http://www.k-lite.tk

g. http://www.kazaa-file-sharing-downloads.com

h. http://www.kazaalite.nl

i. http://home/hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm

j. http://www.kazaa-download.de

k. http://www.zeropaid.com

l. http//www.kazaalite.nl/downloads.htm

m. http://kazaa.infos-du-net.com

n. http://www.kazaa-lite.tk

o. http://www.kazaa-lite.info

 

Please immediately remove or disable all access to the Infringing Material.

 

I have a good faith belief that the use of the Infringing Material is not authorized by the Owner, its agents or the law. The information in this Notice of Copyright Infringement is accurate and under penalty of perjury, I am authorized to act on behalf of the Owner.

 

 

Well, if you do a search, you find about 379,000 results, and at the bottom if the google search page, it reads:

 

In response to a complaint we received under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 8 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint for these removed results.

 

thats kind of funny actually. I wonder if this means that Kazaa will try to bring down Kazaa lite and its variants using the same law that it breaks itself.

[Lightning Flik 0]

 

That's just hilarious. Can Google get away with using the DCMA document?

[Guest I'm That Damn Zzzzz]

kazaagold.com still shows up as the first sponsored link, despite being the top of Sharman's complaints.

 

Besides, the new home of KazaaLite is

www.kazaalitekpp.com