Altnet

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Altnet is a program that came bundled with Kazaa. The program, founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, would display "related" songs and videos upon a user's search that were actually advertised songs that usually cost money to play. Denoted by their gold color as opposed to the traditional green for non-Altnet files in Kazaa, the downloads would come not from fellow Kazaa users' client computers, but rather from a localized content server paid for by the advertising companies.

Like many programs bundled with Kazaa, Altnet has been labeled spyware or adware by many organizations and individuals.

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