NEWS: Kazaa is Dead, Long Live Kazaa

Anybody use shareaza?

What the fuck? I don't see how this is a victory for the music industry at all, I don't know anyone that uses Kazaa anymore. It's all about the P2Ps that DON'T load you up with spy- and ad-ware.

I honestly don't know how soulseek is still around. It could be shutdown permanently with the flick of a switch, as it uses the same sort of architecture that the original Napster used. The fact that it hasn't makes me nervous, like they're watching.

Kazaa has been a a spyware-ridden anathema for P2Pers for years. Kazaa lite has always been better if you insist on using that network. Sharezaa is better than that. I get by on newsgroups, and Bearshare in a pinch. And Bearshare Pro is really a pretty awesome Gnutella client. That takes care of just about anything. (Also "used" from Amazon is always an option but you have to wait.)

I remember Sean talking about this a while ago. Apparently, we get quite a lot of new members via Kazaa.

Actually given how they were distributed (a really good pic from a good set here and there) I assumed at the time that the site had distributed the pictures. Like I said, I've seen complete siterips of sg.com out there now, which is really bad. Ah well, as has been said, Kazaa has been mostly dead for a while...