Kazaa Trial Starts Down Under
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A closely watched trial that could have far-reaching implications for the person-to-person (P2P) industry has gotten underway in Australia, where the entertainment industry is seeking to prove
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Sharman Networks, the company behind the Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing software, began its defence in a Sydney court room on Tuesday against charges by members of the music industry that the company aided music piracy and copyright infringement.
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The battle of file swapping networks seems to be repeating itself today as a host of music companies sue Kazaaâs owners Sharman Networks over copyright infringement.
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A key figure in the Kazaa file-sharing trial arrives in Sydney today to give evidence of Australian users downloading copyright material via the peer-to-peer software.
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Sharman Networks, distributor of the software behind popular peer-to-peer service Kazaa, went on trial in Australia today, in the latest copyright battle between the music industry and file-sharing service providers.
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Lawyers for Australia's recording industry branded the popular Kazaa computer file-swapping network "an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen" as they launched a court battle Monday to shut down its activities.
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Free Internet-based phone calls are the newest feature of the popular Kazaa file-sharing program.
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LAWYERS FROM the Music industry are on the attack down under as they try to close the popular P2P software network Kazaa. An Australian federal court was told that the developers of file-swapping technology
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Sharman Networks Limited has launched Kazaa v3.0. This latest version includes the integration of Skype, which allows users to make free online calls anywhere in the world, using peer-to-peer (P2P) technology.
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The owners of file-swapping giant Kazaa claimed Tuesday their software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music and movies online, doesn't differ from video recorders, as they launched their defense in a landmark music piracy case in Australia.
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Five record companies are suing Sharman Networks, creator of the file-swapping technology Kazaa, for music piracy in Australia&#39;s Federal Court.
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Australia's porn industry began a  court challenge to the country's film ratings on Thursday in a  test case which family groups said could lead to explicit sex  movies being sold openly in shops and petrol stations.
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Kazaa, the internet&#39;s most popular file-swapping system, told a court in Sydney yesterday that it was worried about users exchanging unauthorised files and had held talks with record companies in the United States.
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Kazaa has had a bumpy ride in the last couple of years. While it is dropping down usersâ popularity ratings (because of the high rate of bad files), it is high on the âpotential list of companies to sueâ of big music companies.
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Australia&#39;s record company lawyers are attempting to have Kazaa&#39;s owners, Sharman Networks, declared liable for copyright breach and loss of earnings in the civil case now underway.
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Industry eyes are turning toward Oz as more than 50 lawyers begin waging a courtroom battle over Kazaa, the peer-to-peer technology owned by Australia-based Sharman Networks
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The owners of Kazaa have suggested in a key legal battle that the hugely popular file-swapping internet site is a recording device only and that its revolutionary &quot;peer-to-peer