The Kazaa software allows you to search and download content that is shared by premium content providers or by other Kazaa users; create your own files and distribute them using Kazaa.
Note that it is possible for a user when sharing/distributing a folder, to inadvertently make subfolders also available to all peers in the Kazaa network.
The privacy statement on Kazaa?s web site states that third party sites may link to and from Kazaa sites and thus may collect information about a user if a user opts to visit one of these sites. The following text appears in Kazaa?s privacy statement:
?Information about you (such as the version of Kazaa being used or your country) may be placed in the URL on kazaa.com, allowing customized features for the user. This will be visible to subsequent websites if you link off a Kazaa page. However, even if the third party is affiliated with us, we have no control over these linked sites, each of which has separate privacy and data collection practices independent of us. Data collected by our co-brand partners or third party web sites (even if offered on or through our site) is not received by us. As such, we are not responsible for, or have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited when linking directly from kazaa.com. These linked sites are only for your convenience and you therefore access them at your own risk.?
1. Discuss the issues that have been raised through this case study from a utilitarian ethical perspective.
2. Discuss the issues that have been raised through this case study from a deontological ethical perspective.
