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    Technical officer for Altnet, Anthony Rose, today had his application to be struck out from the alleged music copyright infringement charges against Sharman Networks and affiliated parties denied in court today.

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    Sharman Networks and Brilliant Digital Entertainment (BDE) have been denied application for leave to appeal Anton Piller orders that facilitated raids on the companies' premises.

  • Sharman catches a break in US P2P ruling

    Sharman Networks, parent company of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software Kazaa, are rejoicing at the US court ruling that found two similar P2P programs, Grokster and Morpheus, do not violate US copyright law. However, the company concedes that the ruling is unlikely to have any effect on the music copyright infringement case currently underway in Australia.

  • Sharman, music industry squabble over PC access

    Sharman Networks were called back to court today to settle a dispute over evidence confiscated under Anton Piller (or civil search warrant) orders from CEO Nikki Hemming's house last February. The raids followed allegations of copyright infringement made by Universal Music Australia.

  • Morpheus woes lift rival from obscurity

    Australia-based Sharman Networks came from nowhere to buy the Kazaa Media Desktop and now carries bragging rights as the world's largest file-swapping network.

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