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  • 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.

  • Court seeks to protect Kazaa case from media

    A NSW Federal court currently hearing claims of music copyright infringement against peer-to-peer file-sharing software company Sharman Networks today sought to shield the case from media interference.

  • 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.

  • Red Cross denies Kazaa trust link

    The Red Cross has denied being the beneficiary of a Vanuatu-based trust fund run by the operators of the peer-to-peer software Kazaa, according to the music industry's piracy investigations unit.

  • 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.

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  • When the US says jump, we say....

    In order to get the real picture behind the US-Australia free trade agreement, one needs to examine the document with a fine-tooth comb. Of particular interest is how Australia will have to model its laws after the US Millennium Copyright Act.

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