Most downloaded program on the Web?

Post by **Big-O Mark** » Fri May 23, 2003 1:52 pm

Most downloaded program on the Web?

Kazaa: 230 million downloads and counting

Friday, May 23, 2003

Reuters

LOS ANGELES, California -- Sharman Networks said its Kazaa file-sharing software was on track to set a record Friday as it becomes the most-popular free program on the Web with over 230 million downloads.

By hitting that total, Shaman said Kazaa would surpass the popular ICQ instant messaging program, owned by CNN's parent company AOL Time Warner.

Kazaa's growing popularity comes at a crucial time for the music industry as it battles file-swapping services in court and tries to develop commercially viable online music services.

Who's counting?

As of late Thursday, the Kazaa Media Desktop application -- a file-sharing software that has drawn the wrath of the music industry by enabling its users to swap songs for free -- had been downloaded 229,150,955 times, as measured by Download.com, which is owned by CNET Networks Inc.

Sharman said by midday Friday it expected Kazaa would top the record set by ICQ. As of Thursday, ICQ has been downloaded 229,363,307 times, according to Download.com.

A Sharman spokeswoman said Kazaa has been receiving an average of 366,000 downloads per day, whereas the ICQ application has been receiving an average of 50,000 downloads per day, as measured by Download.com.

Record labels going to court

This week, media software maker Roxio bought struggling online service Pressplay, launched by Vivendi Universal and Sony. Apple Computer recently launched its own online music service, which analysts say has been a standout success in the struggling sector.

Record labels suffered a setback in April when a federal judge ruled song-swap networks Grokster and Morpheus should not be shut since they do not control what is traded on them.

Kazaa, which is involved in a separate lawsuit with the recording industry, also distributes licensed files, including music, movies, games and software through a partnership with a company called Altnet.

[]DaT_MaNN03 · Post by **[]DaT_MaNN03** » Fri May 23, 2003 2:53 pm

thats very interesting and thats also a LOT of d/l's

it better not get shut down b/c its the best program that ever lived

well kazaa lite is better but it runs on kazaas network so yeah

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Fri May 23, 2003 3:02 pm

Ya... Imagine if they included Kazaa Lite, and Diet Kazaa in that number... After all they are the same exact program, only hacked.

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Fri May 23, 2003 3:35 pm

PhaseDMA wrote:Ya... Imagine if they included Kazaa Lite, and Diet Kazaa in that number... After all they are the same exact program, only hacked.

But then again.. if it's a hacked (modified) version.. it's not the same. so technically.. those arent the same programs.

Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Fri May 23, 2003 7:40 pm

That's sad...a quarter of a billion people's privacy being compromised simply because they're too stupid to get Kazaa lite...

[]DaT_MaNN03 · Post by **[]DaT_MaNN03** » Sat May 24, 2003 3:44 pm

Master Jedi wrote:That's sad...a quarter of a billion people's privacy being compromised simply because they're too stupid to get Kazaa lite...

glad im not stupid haha

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Sat May 24, 2003 4:21 pm

Master Jedi wrote:That's sad...a quarter of a billion people's privacy being compromised simply because they're too stupid to get Kazaa lite...

that or 2 lazy

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