Google has been forced by the country that touts its wonderful free speech constitution to remove links to Kazza Lite sites. If you perform the search you will be told that
'In response to a complaint we received under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 3 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint for these removed results.'
As you can see in the link below, Sharman networks the company that originally wrote Kazza have issued instructions to Google to remove links to sites where you can download Kazza Lite, the stripped down version of Kazza. Kazza Lite breaches copywrite law because it is just a version of the original Kazza with the adverts and spy-ware removed.
Personally I can see where Sharman Networks are coming from , they wrote the software and should be credited with that, however I don't believe that Google should be stooped from listing sites that allow you to download Kazza Lite, it is these sites that should be the target of the copywrite holders.
Removed sites include
www.kazaagold.com, www.kazaalite.tk, and
www.kaaza.com.
One strange thing I noticed was that Google is also showing the notices on Google.co.uk, As far as I was aware US laws shouldn't affect non US sites. Or has this changed too.
So much for the United States wonderful constitution for free speech, they seem to stand by their principals until it affects their profits. Is this the first in a long line of 'removals' from Google's database. Is Google going to stop being the definitive search engine because governments and companies don't want us to see things? A sad day in the history of the 'free' Internet if you ask me.
You can read the notice of copywrite infrindgment here:
http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca5...i?NoticeID=789
And Google's [somewhat forced] stance here:
http://www.google.co.uk/dmca.html