Moving beyond media downloads, leading peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing company Kazaa, is now offering free, Internet-based telephone service via the Skype voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) application. Perhaps the highest-profile P2P purveyor and a favorite target of intellectual property owners such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Kazaa parent company Sharman Networks announced the new telephony service with its Kazaa version 3.0 this week.
Kazaa Pulls Skype Voice into P2P
Posted by: Jay Lyman November 23, 2004 11:56 AMMoving beyond media downloads, leading peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing company Kazaa, is now offering free, Internet-based telephone service via the Skype voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) application. Perhaps the highest-profile P2P purveyor and a favorite target of intellectual property owners such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Kazaa parent company Sharman Networks announced the new telephony service with its Kazaa version 3.0 this week.