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  • Kazaa to overtake ICQ downloads

    Kazaa will soon be the most popular free program on the Web as it surpasses ICQ, according to owner Sharman Networks.

  • UPDATE: MIPI raids Sharman Networks, Brilliant Digital Entertainment

    Music Industry Piracy Investigations this morning raided the offices of p2p companies Sharman Networks and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, along with the homes of key executives.

  • We can't filter Kazaa: Sharman Networks

    Sharman Networks has rejected claims from the music industry that it can identify the difference between copyright infringing and legitimate file-sharing on its network, a crucial step towards the company gaining the capacity to block illegal file-sharing.

  • Kazaa makers say Fizzer can be stopped

    The maker of the file-sharing client Kazaa is advising users to protect themselves against the Fizzer virus by turning on the software's built-in anti-virus protection.

  • Sharman fails to deliver evidence again: MIPI

    Sharman Networks and MIPI will be back in Federal court Friday for yet another legal contest over access to evidence that was confiscated in raids last February.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Fighting for the right to swap

    Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.

  • 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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  • Kazaa releases new software

    Australian-headquartered Sharman Networks released a new version of its Kazaa file-trading software Thursday, adding new features and advertising partners the company hopes will aid in its legal struggle for its life.

  • KaZaA 1.6: Sharing and caring, or leeching and lecherous?

    KaZaA's gotten a lot of bad press lately for ethically dubious software bundling schemes. Is the application behind the furore worth checking out?

  • Roxio taps Fanning for Napster take two

    Former file-swapping wunderkind Sean Fanning has signed up to help CD-burning technology company Roxio build a reborn Napster service--but with a difference.

  • Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

    Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.

  • Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

    Despite the RIAA's efforts to shut down file-swapping services, these 10 apps carry Napster's torch.

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