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December 02, 2004

KazaaGate

For those interested in one of THE landmark cases regarding the battle between atoms (record companies) vs bits (kazaa), there's a great running commentary going on here

Some of it is very funny:

"When the day wound up around 5pm, Hemming and Morle headed for a conference room down the hall. I followed and just before the door shut I asked the Warrior Woman for a quick word.

WW: Hello Garth

Dispatch: How do you think it's going?

WW: Im leaving my lawyers to comment on everything to do with the case, Garth.

Shuts door.

Dispatch: But the judge said you can all talk now, remember?

The door is still shut.

Dispatch: Are you really happy now that you're finally getting your day in court?

Door offers no answer.

Dispatch: They say you don't control the company but you're CEO, how's that work?

Door is wooden.

Dispatch: How will we know what a Warrior Woman looks like in a fight if you won't take the witness box?

Door can not speak because it has no capacity for speech. There can be no doubt that I look very silly right now.

Meanwhile, Speck (hardman of Internet piracy; can't be stopped by the Federal court) was talking to a journalist from Australia 's most expensive newspaper. Speck is a copper basically, so the journalist starts hammering Speck with in-depth technical questions. Despite being an unstoppable hardman, he hasn't got a clue what this bloke wants from him."

Posted by sdehaast at December 2, 2004 11:31 PM Posted to digital-lifestyle