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  • Sharman pleas 100-year-old defence

    Sharman License Holdings may be resting its defence on a precedent set over one hundred years ago, according to statements made by its lawyers in court last Friday, as the company prepares to face alleged music copyright infringement charges relating to its file sharing software Kazaa.

  • Judge cracks the whip in Sharman case

    Justice Murray Wilcox has promised to "crack the whip" in regards to the Sharman Networks alleged copyright infringement court battle, saying the company that owns the file-sharing service Kazaa has given "too many promises".

  • Kazaa AU case may go to trial in November

    The parent company of controversial file-sharing service Kazaa could face the music in Sydney by the end of the year after the Federal Court set a tentative trial date and directed discovery and affidavit proceedings be completed by October.

  • Sharman and Altnet colluding: Universal

    Lawyers for Universal Music put the hard word on Sharman Networks in Federal Court today attempting to force the company to reveal its corporate structure and anonymous director. The Universal Music parties' senior counsel, John Nicholas, claimed the company has purposely been set up with no visible line of command to "resist a claim like this".

  • Top 100 songs named in Sharman court battle

    Universal Music Australia has revealed the top 100 songs that it will focus on in proceedings against peer-to-peer software distributor Sharman Networks in one of the biggest music copyright infringement cases the Australian music industry has experienced.

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