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  • Kazaa owner welcomes file-swap ruling

    The Australian-based owner of popular peer-to-peer program Kazaa, Sharman Networks, has welcomed a United States court ruling favouring file-sharing software, but is still evaluating its impact on its own legal battle with the music industry.

  • P2P group seeks peace but talks tough

    A newly launched peer-to-peer trade association has offered to sit down and negotiate with music industry lawyers, while it simultaneously denounced its adversaries as obsolete and "tyrannosaurical."

  • 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.

  • Kazaa sticks up for Grokster, Streamcast

    Australian headquartered file-sharing software company Sharman Networks has filed papers with the U.S. Court of Appeals urging it to uphold an order it made in April.

  • Grokster head resigns for Spanish P2P firm

    Wayne Rosso, head of file-swapping company Grokster, has resigned to take the helm of younger Spanish peer-to-peer technology rival Blubster.

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