http://www.p2pnet.net/story/27598 Interesting Forum Debate! MUST READ!
The Cnet division of CBS Interactive distributes a device ( Software Download) known as Zapshares and promotes it's use with an editorial endorsement by the Cnet Staff as an excellent method to protect yourself while committing copyright infringing acts. The Cnet editorial staff actually demonstrates it's use by downloading a copyright infringing song from Limewire, (Evidenced in Cnet Provided Screen Shot)
In the news in March 2010, was the public statement that a group of companies formed a coalition to bring legal action against 50,000 Torrent File Sharing users. These downloaders were to be sued for downloading certain movies. The guilty Parties to be tracked by IP address. The Zapshares software DID NOTHING to Block IP Addresses! This short screen cap from the Electronic Freedom Frontier will attest to that fact.
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I argue that Cnet continues to this day to offer solutions to circumvent legal action by distributing devices to shield copyright infringing users. Also stating as an editorial review, legal advice which states that the software works for the intended purpose.NOTE! CBS INTERACTIVE/CNET HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED THEIR SITE AND PUT IN DISCLAIMERS AGAINST COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! THIS IS BRAND NEW AS THE NUMEROUS SCREEN CAPS ATTEST! I WILL ADD MORE SCREEN CAPS OF THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCES OF ALL THESE NOW ALTERED PAGES!
http://download.cnet.com/ZapShares/3000-2196_4-10917375.html
NOTE! CBS INTERACTIVE/CNET HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED THEIR SITE AND PUT IN DISCLAIMERS AGAINST COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! THIS IS BRAND NEW AS THE NUMEROUS SCREEN CAPS ATTEST! I WILL ADD MORE SCREEN CAPS OF THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCES OF ALL THESE NOW ALTERED PAGES!
Look at the screen capture of the software below. By Stated Fact in the Cnet Staff Review, (in the Previous Screencap exhibit),
The writer admitted: "We downloaded a song with LimeWire while ZapShares was running, and once the download was completed, a small pop-up appeared from the system tray alerting us that our song had been saved to the Secure Vault."
The CBS Interactive CNET Editor/Reviewer admits to have specifically downloaded a song, judging by the provided screen shot it was "Lady Gaga's Bad Romance", a known copyrighted work, from Limewire, and that the software device claims to have protected the downloader from lawsuits and Identity theft.
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http://download.cnet.com/ZapShares/3000-2196_4-10917375.html?tag=mncol
The Complete Review by the Cnet Editor's is reproduced as a screen capture below. There is evidence that past software listing records on Cnet have been periodically changed. This screen capture is to demonstrate what was there on the first week of May 2010
http://download.cnet.com/ZapShares/3000-2196_4-10917375.html?tag=mncol
It is interesting to note the screen capture from the Cnet Site today that the "BitComet" file sharing program has been distributed by Cnet an ASTONISHING 77 Million times! Bit Comet uses the Bittorrent Network.
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