The Wall Street Journal heeft vandaag een achtergrondartikel gepubliceerd over Niklas Zennström, een van de twee oprichters van KaZaA. Aanleiding is de introductie van PeerCache, maar de journalist besteedt ook ruimschoots aandacht aan de geschiedenis van KaZaA.
“When news leaked that music and movie companies were planning a suit against Kazaa in October 2001, Messrs. Zennstrom and Friis were in the U.S. The two worried they would be served subpoenas there, complicating any claims that they were outside of U.S. jurisdiction. So they had their lawyers negotiate a 72-hour moratorium with the Recording Industry Association of America. The two men say they drove around in a rental car outside the Beverly Hills, Calif., offices where the talks were taking place. After getting a cellphone call saying an agreement had been reached, they walked into a room packed with lawyers. An RIAA staffer pointed at them and threatened criminal prosecution, recalls their Dutch lawyer, Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm.”
Het citaat is niet helemaal juist. Zennström en Friis waren namelijk niet in de kamer toen de bedreigingen werden geuit, maar een kniesoor die daar op let.
Lees hier het artikel (registratie verplicht).
