Sharman Networks parties' legal representative today revealed an e-mail stating that one of the witnesses for the Universal Music Australia parties had previously declined to be an expert witness for the Sharman parties in the ongoing civil trial against the peer to peer software provider for alleged copyright infringement. Additional reading: Sharman case story archive
The largest copyright infringement case in Australian history has started, with Sydney-based Sharman Networks and other "respondents" involved with peer-to-peer software Kazaa facing 30 record company "applicants" from Australia, North America and Europe.
Sharman Networks' expert witness has revealed that the Kazaa Media Desktop and FastTrack system will continue to spread even if both systems were to be shut down.
Sharman Networks has called former Napster expert witness Justin Tygar to give his testimony during the ongoing trial against the peer to peer software provider for alleged copyright infringement.
After objections from Sharman Networks' party, Judge Murray Wilcox allowed the admission of an affidavit containing the report on the economic logic of the Kazaa peer-to-peer software.
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