Thanks DigitalDude2005 for submitting this ...

Speaking with RatFaced, one of the Kazaa Lite forum moderators today and contact at K-Lite, it has been uncovered that the Kazaa Lite K++ project has been shut down by Sharman Networks on grounds of copyright infringement.

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.

Sharman have threatened legal action, and ordered that the offending content be removed from the official Kazaa Lite sites, including http://www.kazaalite.tk/ which now contains no reference to the existance of the application.

RatFaced said that the decision was “Ironic, that Kazaa is complaining about copyright issues, especially as K-Lite ++ stands for everything that Kazaa CLAIMS to stand for... but fails to deliver.”

We will perhaps never see Kazaa Lite again, but we can hope that users will remain aware of the spyware that is hidden inside the Kazaa application, which is used to finance the creation of the software.

eMule and WinMX offer spyware-free alternatives to Kazaa.

Development on Kazaa-Lite has ceased due to this situation, however the program will continue to work fine, until who knows when.

News source: NVMAX

this seriously sucks i hope they dont kill K-lite Codecs too

bah. kazaa + adaware = almost k-lite.

yea, but then you have to install a lot of hacks.

This is bad news... hopefully he'll keepmaking them undercover and release it with a new name...

Meh, i have an older version that found. Works fine,

alot of sites still have mirrors of it.

How ironic that the creators of Kazaa are complaining that it infringes copyright. haha!

This is a huge disappointment

I hope the current client continues to work for some time and they don't find a way to stop it.

I don't really use Kazaa much, but this is
shit. Damn Sharman

It's kinda funny, because klite has so many more better features than kazaa, i would think sharman would try and build off of klite to make theirs better. thats what i would do then i would shut down klite later

i just tried connecting with the "latest" version, only 9 users online, geez!!!

noooooooooooo!!

funny i see over 3 million....

This sucks ass! k-lite seriously rocks! hate to see it end this way.

- DF

That's quite alright. BOTH versions of KaZaa sucked anyway.

I haven't used Kazaa in months. Their file sharing sucks. eMule is much better.

Strange, I see over 3,222,722 users connected.

Also, the latest version is 2.4.3e, and you can download it here:
http://chaohanh.net/Soft/KaZaALiteK++2.4.3e.exe

this is the suck

yea almost 3 million online with 2.4.3 version k lite


wow been here 2 years and this is the first post

thx for the mirror m8, i hope they dont find a way to let klite stop working....

i can't connect

at least the K-Lite Codec pack will develop.

ha

I can. Try again.

this s fucking bullshit pardon my french but i think this is crap! oh well ne one need the latest version i have it posted on my site e-mail me at: peter_penner@msn.com and ill send u the link Long live K-lite!

just search for the file name on filemirrors.com or filesearching.com, a lot of places still have it in their FTP sites

2.40 works good for me, but it's pointless. Most of the songs now are destroyed, the song will play fine then there is screaching, then it plays fine again, (no it's not my computer doing this) it's the actual files.

Ludacris - Stand Up for example, you try and download that on kazza, have fun...

SCREEECH! same with some bon jovi songs.

changing the bit rate used to work for me, but now even if i find some songs at 192kbps and higher, they still are screwed up. They're dummy songs so the real songs don't get "traded".

Screeching songs are easy to avoid. I never have issues with them on kazaa, or anywhere else. Find a version of "Stand Up"? Peice of cake, found and downloaded a clean copy on kazaa in no time. I guess its all a matter of what to look for, and know whats garbage, and whats not. Kazaa still works far better for getting some things for me than alot of the other downloading programs. No suprise the lite version got shut down, can't believe it took this long for them to go after it. No matter,if this group doesn't do it, someone else will.

true enough! It's not Kazaa which does the screeching.. I believe it's the people who rip them who are not aware of how to beat the most recent attempt at scrambling the songs as they rip them. HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT KEY WHEN INSERTING THE CD IN YOUR CDROM!! This stops the protection from "autorunning" on your computer.

Reports that the free K-Lite has been shutdown by Sharman Networks, owner of the trashy $29.95 Kazaa p2p app, appear to be erroneous - for the moment, at least.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/07/1540251

what part of the link r u referring to?

I have the same experience. Does this happen because we used KazaaLite or does this happen in KMD too?

sorry, wrong link, go to http://www.ircspy.com for the story

so does that mean that kazaa lite will continue to be made... or.... what? because there is a lot of conflicting information... so whats going on?

Note to Kazaa Media Desktop Staff:

As long as there is an application with Ad-ware, Spy ware, serial number, DRM, or any other undesirable feature, there will be a person out there to remove or disable the unwanted "features" that your software provides. You just shut down 1 hacked version of Kazaa, but you cannot stop them all!

You just turned a 1 gun battle into a global thermonuclear war. Eat that for breakfast.

LOL nice one

Then, what is http://www.k-lite.tk/ ???

So..... Why doesn't the guy that made k++ release the source for us to compile?
As long as we have the source, kazaa can't really keep us from accessing the network since we could always modify the program to get around whatever they do to keep us out.

It's a scam

???

um it is a scam, look at the link when u click on download now:

http://hop.clickbank.net/?tapion77/jake001

click bank?? yeah that seems legit to me. oi vey.

its very sad, kazaa lite was the best file sharing app out there if anyone wants a copy of the current one, ill stick it on my website, as soon as i get cable this weekend.

Actually they ARE dummy files. The movie and music industries hire companies to upload scrambled movies and music so that you get tired, give up, and just purchase the actual product (or at least they try). It's easy to get around though. Just don't choose the ones with a large number of users sharing. Those tend to be fake.

I'm actually surprised KaZaA Lite didn't get shut down a long time ago, but it is sad to see it go. Considering most of the other P2P programs (the simple ones anyway) all suck now, KaZaA Lite was one of the best.

ur...ur serious right?? kazaa the best file sharing app out there???????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

true...

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wow, it's assholes like you that make this board great.

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I believe Napster was. Pioneer which didn't go down gracefully or in flames. I love Napster.

old school napster was great damn i miss those times.