Carrie
10-14-2004, 10:16 AM
The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/14/kazaa_trial_public_interest/)
By Tony Smith
Thursday 14th October 2004
The Australian music industry's fight with Kazaa owner Sharman Networks is not set to return to the Sydney court until late next month, but a number of third-parties are already demanding the right to participate.
It's perhaps no great surprise that e-liberties lobbyists the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) wants in, but so apparently do the Australian Consumers Association and the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL), Australian IT reports.
All three plan to submit affidavits to the court requesting leave to sit in on the proceedings as 'friends of the court'. They believe there are "serious public interest issues at stake", according to NSWCCL president Cameron Murphy, which may otherwise be ignored.
Full story (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/14/kazaa_trial_public_interest/)
By Tony Smith
Thursday 14th October 2004
The Australian music industry's fight with Kazaa owner Sharman Networks is not set to return to the Sydney court until late next month, but a number of third-parties are already demanding the right to participate.
It's perhaps no great surprise that e-liberties lobbyists the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) wants in, but so apparently do the Australian Consumers Association and the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL), Australian IT reports.
All three plan to submit affidavits to the court requesting leave to sit in on the proceedings as 'friends of the court'. They believe there are "serious public interest issues at stake", according to NSWCCL president Cameron Murphy, which may otherwise be ignored.
Full story (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/14/kazaa_trial_public_interest/)