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  • Top 100 songs named in Sharman court battle

    Universal Music Australia has revealed the top 100 songs that it will focus on in proceedings against peer-to-peer software distributor Sharman Networks in one of the biggest music copyright infringement cases the Australian music industry has experienced.

  • Aust music investigators head to Vanuatu to tackle Kazaa

    An investigator for Music Industry Piracy Investigations this morning formally served papers on Sharman Networks at its headquarters in Vanuatu in relation to the just-launched Australian copyright infringement case.

  • Altnet's patent allegations lose their sparkle

    Peer-to-peer technology company Altnet - which last month sent cease and desist letters to nine companies it suspected of infringing its patents - has agreed one of the companies was innocent.

  • Justice Dept. probes for pirates

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has launched a federal criminal probe of piracy on a peer-to-peer network.

  • Sharman denied opportunity to appeal over civil search orders

    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.

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