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.

About Altnet
Altnet is a subscription-based service that gives you unlimited access to hundreds of thousands of CD-quality tracks.

For just $19.98/mo, you can download unlimited music files, and play those files on up to 3 PCs that you own. The subscription package is for PC only, which means that you won’t be able to play those files on a portable music player. The files will remain playable while your subscription is active – once your subscription ends, you will no longer be able to play those files.

We will soon be releasing ringtones, so you will be able to download unlimited ringtones to a single cell phone within the same subscription package.

Unlike other music services that charge you every time you download a song, Altnet allows you to listen to as much music as you want for one low monthly fee. This allows you to explore all the music you want without having to pay for every single track or album

External links

http://www.altnet.com

http://www.altnet.com/about/about_altnet.aspx