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  • 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.

  • Sharman fails to deliver evidence again: MIPI

    Sharman Networks and MIPI will be back in Federal court Friday for yet another legal contest over access to evidence that was confiscated in raids last February.

  • 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.

  • Expert witness embarrassed on the stand in Cooper copyright case

    Expert witness in the copyright infringement case against retired police officer Stephen Cooper, Professor Leon Sterling, was embarrassed on the stand yesterday when the defence counsel showed images of the professor's own Web site linking to copyright material.

  • Sharman Networks touts music ruling as win

    Sharman Networks chief executive officer, Nikki Hemming, claims yesterday's Federal Court decision has justified the company's claims that the surprise raids of Sharman premises were "heavy handed" tactics.

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