Kazaa Case Reaches Climax in Australia

Iria · Sep 4, 2005, 09:35 PM

09-03) 22:39 PDT SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A long-running court battle between Australia's record industry and file-swapping giant Kazaa reaches a climax Monday, when a judge is to rule on whether the peer-to-peer network is no different from a photocopier or is a giant "engine of copyright piracy."

Lawyers for major Australian record labels want Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox to find Kazaa's owners liable for copyright breaches and loss of income.

"We have argued file sharing on Kazaa is a breach of copyright and unfair to all those people who try to make a living by creating and producing music," said Michael Speck, managing director of Australia's Music Industry Piracy Investigations, a division of the Australian Recording Industry Association.

"This is a long-awaited judgment on an issue that's critical to the music industry, artists and consumers worldwide," he added.
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Ev!L-aLphA · Sep 5, 2005, 02:27 AM

dang i didint even know kazaa even existed any more :-p

Son_of_Thunder · Sep 5, 2005, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ev!L-aLphA

dang i didint even know kazaa even existed any more :-p

Last I checked it still was up, it just sucked horribly.

It's too bad. I got my own PC just as Napster was shutting down, but I grew up in the golden age of Kazaa.

Saint_K · Sep 5, 2005, 04:48 PM

kazaa got owned today

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Kazaa Case Reaches Climax in Australia 09-03) 22:39 PDT SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A long-running court battle between Australia's record industry and file-swapping giant Kazaa reaches a climax Monday, when a judge is to rule on whether the peer-to-peer network is no different from a photocopier or is a giant "engine of copyright piracy." Lawyers for major Australian record labels want Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox to find Kazaa's owners liable for copyright breaches and loss of income. "We have argued file sharing on Kazaa is a breach of copyright and unfair to all those people who try to make a living by creating and producing music," said Michael Speck, managing director of Australia's Music Industry Piracy Investigations, a division of the Australian Recording Industry Association. "This is a long-awaited judgment on an issue that's critical to the music industry, artists and consumers worldwide," he added. ___________ Read More / Source: SFGate

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