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[No Rock&Roll Fun] AUSTRALIAN COURT SLAPS KAZAA An Australian court has upheld complaints brought by the music industry over Sharman Networks and its Kazaa software...

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[No Rock&Roll Fun] RECORD EXECUTIVES FREAKED BY HOUSE SALES: Odd happ...: RECORD EXECUTIVES FREAKED BY HOUSE SALES: Odd happenings down in the Australian Record Industry (a wholly owned subsidiary of the RIAA) battle against Kazaa: They've just frozen Kazaa's parent... following an announcement last week that Kazaa would be giving a slice of its ad revenues to indie

[iamabrokekid Blog] Court Docs Reveal Kazaa Logging User Downloads: They include extraordinary admissions like: "Reporting will make Kazaa look like spyware, as soon as it becomes evident we record downloads and playbacks, users will flee to competitive networks" and then "One can argue that we have knowledge of copyrighted material being downloaded in our network and have to install filters. If we are reporting [gold] files, then technically we could do the same for every file." Finally, "RIAA [could] collect the IP addresses for everyone who has searched for or downloaded that file." Despite the Kazaa developer's concerns over these issues, Kazaa went ahead with the logging."

[linkfilter.net - fresh links daily] Damning Kazaa Evidence Released: ..the question of [Sharman Networks and Altnet] control over FastTrack has always been that of speculation. The RIAA has stated time and time again that [the] clan can exert control over the FastTrack network, and it appears this assertion is accurate.

[...Y AsI hablO Zarathustra] Kazaa trial begins: Sharman will be praying for a similar outcome of this trial. Not only does the recording industry want all illegal trading forcefully stopped on the network, they also seek compensation for lost revenue due to illegal filesharing on the network, which would add up to billions.

[Digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com] Australian KaZaA Trial Set for November - The Digital Music Weblog ...: The lawsuit brought against Sharman Networks, owner of the KaZaA file-sharing program, by Universal Music, is proceeding. In the latest development, the judge dismissed Sharman’s motion to throw out evidence acquired in a raid of Sharman’s offices in February.

[Blogcritics.org] Blogcritics.org: Kazaa Australian Offices Raided: Big doings Down Under: The enforcement arm of the Australian record industry has raided the premises of Sharman Networks and its proprietor, Nicola Hemming, in what it says is a bid to stop illegal copying of music through the Kazaa network.

[Oreillynet.com] Copyright Industries: Don't Squeeze the Sharman!: Can we expect a future news story: "Sharman Networks Limited today said it had sold the KaZaA assets to privately-held Mauritius-based Cottonelle Systems. The move comes just weeks after copyright industries filed suit in Australian courts against Sharman." Hey RIAA and MPAA, don't squeeze the Sharman!