FC: Kazaa won't say who its customers are

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Reply-To: <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au>
From: "Nathan Cochrane" <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au>
To: "Declan McCullagh \(E-mail\)" <declan () well com>
Subject: Kazaa won't say who its customers are
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:18:54 +1000

Hi Declan

A panel of dotcom survivors gathered this week in Melbourne to tell a
hundred eager netrepreneurs how they were making money on the web.

Among those on the panel was Michael Liubinskas, marketing manager of
Sharman Networks, the transnational Internet company with headquarters in
Sydney that distributes filesharing software, Kazaa Media Desktop. In a
halting voice that often dropped to the level of a mumble Liubinskas did
nothing to deflect the criticisms of detractors such as the Australian
Record Industry Association, which says Kazaa's business is built on
providing a conduit so the unscrupulous can steal the intellectual property
of others.

While pointing to the phenomenal success of Kazaa with its more than 253.5
million downloads he refused to say what sort of customers Sharman attracts,
or why they use the software.

"My role as head of marketing is not to talk about (legal issues),"
Liubinskas said. "We generate revenue like a lot of other free services from
advertising and building up a (customer) base."

MORE:
http://bilskirnir.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_bilskirnir_archive.html#105910240051085250

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Nathan Cochrane
Deputy IT Editor
:Next:
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.next.theage.com.au




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