ZOOKZ CLOSED (Update)
24 July 2009
Brave lawyer's word to one side, this was
bound to happen
The audacious online music download venture ZookZ, which
tried to take advantage of a World Trade Organisation IP
ruling in favour of Antigua after an online gambling
dispute involving the United States (see earlier
InfoPowa reports) is no more.
The now inoperable
website bears the notice: "ZookZ website is temporarily
not operating due to circumstances beyond our control
and we are sorry you can't get the music and movies you
love at this time.
"Due to this interruption,
ZookZ is returning all membership fees paid to date by
our existing customers. Your business is greatly
appreciated and we look forward to getting you the best
movies and music again soon.
"ZookZ would like to
thank its loyal customers, supporters and the people of
Antigua for their continued support and understanding as
ZookZ moves to return to full-service."
Operating
from Antigua, the island government's quick disavowal of
the company earlier this week and the threat of an
investigation possibly lie behind the closure.
Lawyer William Pepper, speaking on behalf of ZookZ, gave
a very simplified history of the IP advantage which the
WTO gave to Antigua, concluding that the only way the
Government of Antigua could derive any benefits from the
WTO award would be through the trading done by companies
in Antigua.
"ZookZ is the property of Carib
Media Ltd. a company registered and conducting business
in the State of Antigua and Barbuda, West Indies," he
claimed. "Therefore there is nothing that requires ZookZ
to seek authorization from the WTO or the Government of
Antigua to transact its business."
Perhaps he was
wrong.
STOP PRESS:
TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
(Update)
That is ZookZ's question
The
website may be non-functional, but it was back up as the
week ended, and the ZookZ management were actively
ploughing the blogs and message boards despite being
disowned by the Antiguan government.
Acknowledging that the downloadable music and movie
service was still out of action, ZookZ personnel assured
interested parties that work was in progress to get
things running again.
"ZookZ has processed all
customer refunds as of 07/21/09 so if you don't see the
credit by 7/24/09 please contact us," said one post from
Marlie Hall, director of ZookZ corporate communications.
"If you have any questions about any files you
downloaded from ZookZ please send us a detailed email to
help@zookz.com."
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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