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  • Kazaa owners risk jail

    Nikki Hemming and Kevin Bermeister, the masterminds behind the Kazaa file sharing software, could face time behind bars after the record industry initiated contempt of court proceedings, claiming an earlier ruling wasn't adhered to.

  • Search terms on Kazaa to be blocked

    Eminem, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are just some of the popular artists whose songs are to be blocked from being illegally distributed on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa following Federal Court orders yesterday.

  • Sharman to appeal while record labels celebrate

    Sharman Networks has announced it will appeal a Federal Court ruling that several respondents associated with the company had authorised infringement of music industry copyright and that it must introduce filters to the Kazaa file-sharing software.

  • Kazaa: The real winner?

    Full coverage of the Kazaa trial in Sydney. Also: Sharman Networks, others set to appeal in 2006.

  • Sharman fails in court bid to have evidence dismissed

    Sharman Networks, an Internet software provider, has failed in its application to have evidence against it dismissed, forcing the company to face up to the music copyright infringement charges over its P2P music file sharing software Kazaa.

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