Kazaa Ruling to Have Little Effect on Filesharing

says Patrick Gray and Evan Hansen in a Wired News commentary:

Now, litigation is poised to put Kazaa out of business, following a ruling here Monday that closely mirrors the U.S. case that effectively closed the books on Napster.

Once again, a court stepped in to sharply limit a popular P2P network. And, once again, it appears that the demise of a file-swapping leader will have negligible impact on the file-trading phenomenon as a whole.

Prior post:
    Sept. 5, 2005 - Kazaa Loses in Australian File-Sharing Case.