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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Anti-piracy chief quits

    Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) chief Michael Speck resigns from his position.

  • 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.

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