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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Sharman fails to deliver evidence: MIPI

    Sharman Networks, owner and distributor of the file sharing program Kazaa, has failed to meet the deadline set by the Australian Federal Court to produce documents related to its music copyright infringement charges.

  • Kazaa to overtake ICQ downloads

    Kazaa will soon be the most popular free program on the Web as it surpasses ICQ, according to owner Sharman Networks.

  • Sharman to challenge court order

    Lawyers representing Sharman Networks today informed the Federal Court of Australia they intended to challenge the validity of the court order which resulted in raids on several premises last week.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Fighting for the right to swap

    Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.

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