# What's up with Kazaa?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-kazaa/199141>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-kazaa/199141 "2003-09-02T14:34:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-kazaa/199141/1 "2003-09-02T14:34:03Z")

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Lately when I have tried downloading a song, the first 30 or 40 seconds of it will play, then it will slowly fade out to silence for the rest of the span of the song.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-kazaa/199141/2 "2003-09-02T15:27:30Z")

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We take intellectual property rights seriously around here so we do allow questions about how to make the best use of file-sharing services.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ