TechSpot en EspaņolMost Popular
| Top Stories | Just in | Featured |
11 awesome applications you've never heard of featured
Microsoft to offer three-user Windows 7 Family Pack?
2K Games offers "Huge Game Pack" on Steam for $54
Fallout 3 gets 50% price cut on Steam this weekend
Apple issues advice on iPhone 3GS overheating
Firefox 3.5 breaks 5 million downloads in 24 hours
TS Community
| User Gallery | Recent Discussion |
 Memory Stick by 1bellb |  wallpaper/desktop background by almac46 |
 Thanks Tom!!! by Fiziks |  PCI 6200 Installed by vnf4ultra |
TechSpot RSSInformation Technology
Kazaa pulls lawsuit against P2PNet
Several months ago, Sharman Networks filed a lawsuit against P2PNet, a move that surprised many. Now, however, the company has dropped the suit, at least partially. The owner of P2PNet is probably breathing a sign of relief, and so are some users of his software:
P2Pnet.net owner Jon Newton today posted a court document revealing that Sharman Networks has "discontinued" it actions against Newton, his ISP Interserver and four people who posted comments anonymously to the the P2Pnet site. Sharman CEO Nikki Hemming has also dropped her actions against three of the anonymous posters but upheld her complaint against Newton, his ISP and one of the anonymous posters. An updated version of Hemming's libel lawsuit points to an allegedly defamatory article posted by Newton that contains additional comments from the anonymous poster.
When even the P2P companies are after each others throats, it paints a dismal picture for the future of file swapping. Legal, illegal, gray-area or otherwise, anyone trying to come across as reputable using P2P will have a tough battle ahead.
P2Pnet.net owner Jon Newton today posted a court document revealing that Sharman Networks has "discontinued" it actions against Newton, his ISP Interserver and four people who posted comments anonymously to the the P2Pnet site. Sharman CEO Nikki Hemming has also dropped her actions against three of the anonymous posters but upheld her complaint against Newton, his ISP and one of the anonymous posters. An updated version of Hemming's libel lawsuit points to an allegedly defamatory article posted by Newton that contains additional comments from the anonymous poster.
When even the P2P companies are after each others throats, it paints a dismal picture for the future of file swapping. Legal, illegal, gray-area or otherwise, anyone trying to come across as reputable using P2P will have a tough battle ahead.
