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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.

  • Sharman boss granted prep time for cross-examination

    Sharman Networks chief executive officer Nikki Hemming has been granted more time to prepare for her long-awaited cross-examination by record industry lawyers in the long-running Kazaa legal wrangle.

  • Kazaa owners risk jail

    Nikki Hemming and Kevin Bermeister, the masterminds behind the Kazaa file sharing software, could face time behind bars after the record industry initiated contempt of court proceedings, claiming an earlier ruling wasn't adhered to.

  • Electoral comment laws to enter online world

    Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be exempt from proposed legislation governing the authorisation of online political advertisements, under a Bill introduced to parliament last week.

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  • Mail's in ... for outsourcing

    Due to a huge increase in e-mail volume, IT managers have to spend more time dealing with the problems of spam, viruses, storage, and archiving. Should inboxes be outsourced instead?

  • New swap shop for Napster founder

    Napster founder Shawn Fanning is back in business, with a new vision of label-approved file trading.

  • 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.

  • The file-sharing dilemma

    M-Terra CTO Darrell Smith says that arguments in the peer-to-peer file-sharing space are still based on days gone by.

Reviews (5)

  • 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 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.

  • Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

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

  • 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.

  • 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?

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