Responsible sharing with Kazaa.

On December 19, 2003, the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed that Kazaa peer-to-peer technology and its distribution is legal.

On April 25, 2003, Judge Stephen J. Wilson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled in favor of Streamcast Networks, Inc. and Grokster, Limited, distributors of peer-to-peer software which functions similarly to Kazaa, in a summary judgment concluding that such peer-to-peer software and its distribution is legal.

Use of the software in the manner authorized by Kazaa’s End User License Agreement is legal in most jurisdictions. Use of the software to download or share copyrighted works without the permission of the copyright owner may be illegal in many jurisdictions. You should therefore be certain that your use of Kazaa complies with the End User License Agreement and you are not authorized to use Kazaa other than in compliance with the Kazaa End User License Agreement. For further details on complying with the Kazaa End User License Agreement, please see the “Share responsibly” section below.

Sharing your stuff responsibly...

You will have access to millions of peers around the world. You can publish your self-authored content. Just place public domain content and/or your photos, book, articles, art work or independent films in your 'My Shared Folder' and users worldwide will be able to find and download them.

You can promote your blog or website to other users via Kazaa and find other users' blogs and sites.

Magnet Links allow you to super-distribute your talent… your peers can promote your work via links! Magnet links allow web sites to link directly to files that can be downloaded with P2P technology. This can result in significant savings in online distribution and hosting costs.

If you want to make money by distributing content via Kazaa, contact Altnet. Altnet provides a Digital Rights Management solution which allows artists and content creators to distribute files securely on Kazaa, using free trial or pay-to-play/use licenses.

With peer-to-peer technology like Kazaa, individual users connect to each other directly, without a central point of management. All content found in Kazaa search results is shared either by premium content providers via Altnet, or by other Kazaa users. Sharman Networks Ltd, makers of Kazaa, does not condone activities and actions that infringe the rights of copyright owners. As a Kazaa user, you must agree to abide by the End User License Agreement and it is your responsibility to obey all laws governing copyright in each country.