No matter your preferred player, with these codecs, you can access any video or audio file you want. Thanks to this package, you can play practically any movie or audio file you have stored locally on your computer. The Supreme Court ruled last year the entertainment industry can file piracy lawsuits against technology companies caught encouraging customers to steal music and movies over the Internet.K-Lite Codec Pack (Full) is one of the most complete and up-to-date codec packages for both video and audio. The settlement does not prohibit Sharman Networks from legally distributing copyrighted files. Sharman Networks indicated that it would negotiate licenses with entertainment companies to distribute music and movies lawfully over its Kazaa service. The company has boasted that its Kazaa software was downloaded more than 389 million times, and it operated the underlying "Fast Track" file-sharing network that connected tens of millions of personal computers. The settlement concludes legal battles against Sharman Networks around the world. "While the award may seem like a vast pot of money, it will merely offset the millions we have invested - and will continue to invest - in fighting illegal pirate operations around the world and protecting the works that our artists create," said the vice chairman for EMI Music, David Munns. Sharman Networks has already paid nearly all the money, these people said. They agreed to speak on condition of anonymity because some provisions were included in secret agreements not disclosed in the court papers made public.
The settlement included payment of $115 million to music companies and a lesser amount to the movie industry, said people familiar with those provisions. Sharman Networks Ltd., which produced and distributed the popular Kazaa software, also promised to "use all reasonable means" to discourage online piracy, including building into its software "robust and secure" ways to frustrate computer users who try to find and download copyrighted music and movies, court papers said. The company behind Kazaa software, which made it simple for millions of computer users to download music and movies over the Internet, has agreed to pay more than $115 million to the entertainment industry to settle global piracy lawsuits.
0 kommentar(er)
