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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.

  • With settlement, Kazaa casts off its pirate garb

    A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.

  • 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.

  • destra backs Kazaa shutdown

    An Australian legal music download company partnered with major record labels has backed the blocking of Kazaa to new Australian users as a sign piracy will no longer be tolerated by authorities here.

  • 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.

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  • Blame the computer

    Is it just me, or are you also tired of technology copping the blame for what are obviously people problems?

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  • Do you copy? Over and out.

    Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.

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