Carrie
02-02-2005, 09:54 AM
C|Net (http://news.com.com/Kazaa+purchase+exposed+in+copyright+trial/2100-1027_3-5560228.html?tag=nefd.top)
By Kristyn Maslog-Levis
Special to CNET News.com
An Australian judge has thrown out a request to block media and music industry access to a document that specifies how much Sharman Networks paid for the Kazaa peer-to-peer software.
The lawyer for Altnet, a company allegedly associated with Sharman, had asked the court to make the order in relation to numerous documents originally seized last year under civil search orders.
Federal Court Justice Murray Wilcox rejected the request this week.
Major record labels Universal Music Australia, EMI, Sony/BMG, Warner, Festival Mushroom and 25 additional applicants are suing Sharman and associated parties--including Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Altnet, Sharman CEO Nikki Hemming and others--over alleged music copyright infringement made through the Kazaa software.
Full story (http://news.com.com/Kazaa+purchase+exposed+in+copyright+trial/2100-1027_3-5560228.html?tag=nefd.top)
By Kristyn Maslog-Levis
Special to CNET News.com
An Australian judge has thrown out a request to block media and music industry access to a document that specifies how much Sharman Networks paid for the Kazaa peer-to-peer software.
The lawyer for Altnet, a company allegedly associated with Sharman, had asked the court to make the order in relation to numerous documents originally seized last year under civil search orders.
Federal Court Justice Murray Wilcox rejected the request this week.
Major record labels Universal Music Australia, EMI, Sony/BMG, Warner, Festival Mushroom and 25 additional applicants are suing Sharman and associated parties--including Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Altnet, Sharman CEO Nikki Hemming and others--over alleged music copyright infringement made through the Kazaa software.
Full story (http://news.com.com/Kazaa+purchase+exposed+in+copyright+trial/2100-1027_3-5560228.html?tag=nefd.top)