Tags: kazaa, warner

Destra backs Kazaa shutdown

An Australian legal music download company partnered with major record labels has backed the blocking of Kazaa to new Australian users as a sign piracy will no longer be tolerated by authorities here.

Music industry claims Kazaa win

The Federal Court of Australia has dealt a heavy blow to the managers of peer-to-peer software Kazaa, finding they had authorised users to infringe music industry copyright and directing them to modify the application to reduce the practice.

With settlement, Kazaa casts off its pirate garb

A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.

Musicians still waiting on a YouTube payday

Some top music managers say their clients haven't seen any money from the licensing deals the four largest music labels have signed with YouTube.

Skype founders name new video start-up Joost

Company aims to a provide a fast, efficient and cheap distribution method to transmit high-quality video over the Internet.