Comments on: Kazaa Goes Legal http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/kazaa_goes_legal/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:16:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: yetanotherjohn http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/kazaa_goes_legal/comment-page-1/#comment-92037 yetanotherjohn Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:03:54 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/kazaa_goes_legal/#comment-92037 There are also some interesting grey markets. For example, there is an internet company operating out of an island nation in the Caribbean (can't remember which one). They offer to download a program to rip DVD's of copy protection so you can copy them. The program (which is not likely to have a significant non-infringing use in the US courts) is legal in that jurisdiction. Downloading it in the US would probably not stand up to a legal challenge, but you are now prosecuting at the retail level (vs Kazaa going after the central source). Result is that DVD technical copy protection is basically worthless to anyone willing to shell out $40. Updates to the program included. The question I have is where did Kazaa get the $100M. I didn't think they were nearly that successful. There are also some interesting grey markets. For example, there is an internet company operating out of an island nation in the Caribbean (can't remember which one). They offer to download a program to rip DVD's of copy protection so you can copy them. The program (which is not likely to have a significant non-infringing use in the US courts) is legal in that jurisdiction. Downloading it in the US would probably not stand up to a legal challenge, but you are now prosecuting at the retail level (vs Kazaa going after the central source). Result is that DVD technical copy protection is basically worthless to anyone willing to shell out $40. Updates to the program included.

The question I have is where did Kazaa get the $100M. I didn't think they were nearly that successful.

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