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Article | 28/11/2005 Judge orders Kazaa to install keyword filter
The operators of the Kazaa file-sharing service have been given until Dec. 5 to update their software with a filter to screen out copyright material o...
Article | 19/10/2005 AUUG 2005: DRM and wiretapping huge threats to cyber freedom
The effort spearheaded in the US to require people building voice technologies to code in wiretapping from the beginning of development, is currently ...
Article | 29/06/2005 Kazaa-owner welcomes file-sharing decision
Sharman Networks, the Australian company that owns the Kazaa file-sharing software, said Tuesday that it welcomes a US Supreme Court decision regardin...
Article | 17/03/2005 Swiftel bid for higher court denied
The music industry's case against Swiftel for alleged copyright infringement will continue to be heard at the Magistrates Court, despite Swiftel's law...
Article | 17/12/2004 Kazaa docs a 'dog's breakfast': Judge
The Judge in the Kazaa trial has lashed out at evidence presented in the landmark lawsuit as a "dog's breakfast".
Article | 16/12/2004 Kazaa trial: Forensics expert counters anti-copyright claims
A computer forensic expert has countered record label claims that the core technologies in Kazaa cooperate to aid copyright infringement.
Article | 14/12/2004 Kazaa case nears end, but still puzzles
Final evidence in the Kazaa file-sharing trial will be heard when court resumes on Wednesday, but making the decision which could change the future of...
Article | 10/12/2004 Kazaa secret command unlocked by court
A secret command that showed the number of connected users of the Kazaa file-sharing software was demonstrated to Federal Court on Thursday.
Article | 9/12/2004 Kazaa users not monitored, says tech chief
Kazaa users were never "monitored", Sharman Networks' technology boss claimed under questioning from Justice Murray Wilcox on Wednesday.
Article | 8/12/2004 Kazaa users warned of copyright, Prof claims
Kazaa users were warned of potential copyright infringement issues before they used the system, a witness for the record companies conceded on Tuesday...
Article | 7/12/2004 Professor: Kazaa could protect copyright
Kazaa could be designed to block unauthorised file sharing and warn users of copyright infringement, according to a Melbourne professor who will take ...
Article | 3/12/2004 Record labels grilled over Kazaa spoof files
Sharman Networks turned up the heat on three record label representatives in the Federal court on Thursday, attacking the labels' spoof files campaign...
Article | 1/12/2004 Net piracy expert flies in to scuttle Kazaa
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-...
Article | 30/11/2004 Sharman turned blind eye to copyright filtering, court told
Sharman Networks was able to filter Kazaa to prevent copyright infringement, but instead chose to build a massive user base for advertising revenue, t...
Article | 15/09/2004 Revealed: The Kazaa hottest 100
Coldplay, Jet, The Beatles, Delta Goodrem, and even Shannon Noll featured in a list of 100 songs that record companies on Tuesday claimed were illegal...
Article | 13/08/2004 Kazaa boss' partner holds clues: record labels
Sharman Networks has decried attempts by record companies to access a computer found in the home of Sharman boss Nikki Hemming.
Article | 5/08/2004 Skype duo drawn into Kazaa case
Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis will have their past business affairs under the legal microscope of the major record labels ...
Article | 2/07/2004 Judge pencils in Sharman trial date
File-sharing application Kazaa could be outlawed by the end of the year, after a Federal Court judge set a "preliminary" trial date of 29 November for...
Article | 24/03/2004 Music industry brings Altnet into KaZaA case
The Federal Court has added US peer-to-peer giant Altnet to the list of defendants in the Australian record industry's copyright case against KaZaA ow...

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