Kazaa losing users, claim

According to online tracking firm BayTSP, the daily average of file-swappers on the FastTrack peer-to-peer network, which includes Kazaa and related programs, was surpassed for the first time by users on the eDonkey/Overnet network.

EDonkey/Overnet averaged 2.54 million users a day while FastTrack averaged 2.48 million, the firm claimed. Kazaa users make up the largest proportion of FastTrack.

It seems that the loss to Kazaa is eDonkey's gain. We should point out that while its figures might be correct, BayTSP started monitoring the file-sharing networks 18 months ago for piracy on behalf of film and music companies.

Kazaa distributor Sharman Networks has been one of the main targets of lawsuits and monitoring by the entertainment industry.

The recording industry has been suing thousands of Kazaa users. It would be nice to have some figures that show that it all has some meaning. However if they are just moving to eDonkey, it just shows how pointless it all is. µ