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  • 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.

  • 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".

  • 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.

  • Kazaa keeps rocking despite court case

    Despite recent controversy surrounding the peer-to-peer file sharing program Kazaa, its distributor, Sharman Networks, has announced that enduring Australian rock band The Screaming Jets will debut their new EP this month via the software.

  • Harvard research "misguided": music piracy body

    The Australian music industry's piracy investigations body has slammed new research on digital file sharing as "misguided", saying the survey fails to take into account the "property rights" of music owners.

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