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Kazaa Lite is no more

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On December 7, 2003, 3:34 AM

The project, which had been set up to block spy and ad ware within the Kazaa Media Desktop Program has achieved notoriety within the P2P world through its simplistic approach and success in reverse engineering the Kazaa application.

However, the program infringed on the copyright of Sharman Networks, the company that now own and program the Kazaa Media Desktop application, after the purchase of the code and copyright in 2002. The FastTrack (Kazaa) network is financed through advertising systems, which Kazaa Lite K++ does not include, and so was seen as a threat by the owners.

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  1. My kazza lite ver 2.3.4 or what ever the last one was still works perfectly and it still has 2.5 million+ users online
  2. The last version to go out was version 2.6 which i just got and installed. Its on a german website(english version) that offers 6 servers. Chose the lowband download as the highband doesnt offer any servers for some reason. It runs perfect and is downloadable RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! [url]http://www.chip.de/downloads/c_downloads_getfile_894487
    .html?t=1094346981&v=3600&[/url] Get it, share it with friends, keep it so it doesnt become unabtainable.
  3. Oh excellent!! You little star!

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