The following newsletter articles make interesting reading (but note the early April dates):

ZdNet Newsletter 3/4/02

Kazaa BV, which builds the underpinning for several popular file-swapping services, won a Dutch court case--and now is not liable for copyright wrongs committed with its software. . .

MEANWHILE, IN THE NETHERLANDS, software firm Kazaa BV was cleared of copyright liability by a Dutch court--which means a lot more file swapping in everyone's future. The news shot Kazaa to the No. 3 spot on the Tech Index. Kazaa BV makes the software that runs Grokster and Sharman Networks' KaZaa. (Yes, the naming scheme here seems designed to confuse.) The court shielded Kazaa BV from violations committed by users of its software. This ruling effectively puts the company behind a protective wall, two steps removed from the crime and free to create globe-spanning networks for file sharing. Copyright hegemony may be rising in the U.S., but record and movie companies will have a tougher time enforcing ownership rights in the rest of the world. Time for the RIAA to take aim at some new windmills.

AnchorDesk newsletter, ed.David Coursey

3/4/02
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2859775,00.html

5/4/02
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2860134,00.html

9/4/02
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2860521,00.html