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  • Former Kazaa investigator joins old enemy

    Former music piracy investigator Michael Speck, who spearheaded the record companies' long-running campaign to shutdown Kazaa, has joined the peer-to-peer network's business partner, Altnet.

  • Kazaa fighters appoint new boss

    Australia's music anti-piracy unit has finally appointed a new boss after operating with contractors and fill-ins since the last general manager departed in October 2005.

  • 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.

  • Kazaa appeal likely in 2006

    Any appeal by key players associated with the Kazaa file-sharing software will only be heard in February or March next year.

  • 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.

  • New piracy boss talks tough on ISPs

    The Australian music industry's newly-appointed chief piracy investigator has warned ISPs that the current Swiftel case will herald a new regime of responsibility for copyright breaches.

  • Music industry tailed Sharman boss

    The music industry's piracy investigations unit conducted extensive surveillance of the Sydney north shore house owned by the chief executive officer of peer-to-peer provider Sharman Networks, the unit's former boss told a court hearing last week.

  • Qantas investigator new music piracy enforcer

    Qantas fraud investigator Michael Kerin is expected to be confirmed as the music industry's new piracy enforcer within the next two weeks, record company sources claim.

  • Kazaa players' assets on ice

    Senior executives of companies involved in music industry court action over the controversial Kazaa software have agreed to freeze their personal assets until seven days after judgement is handed down.

  • BitTorrent hubs close after ISP raid

    The music industry's anti-piracy unit claims 50 file-sharing hubs in Australia closed down this week following its raid on Internet service provider Swiftel Communications for alleged copyright infringement issues.

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