Kazaa Tripped Up in Aussie Court

wired news.com ^ | 3 4 04 | Patrick Gray

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SYDNEY -- The makers of Kazaa, the peer-to-peer file sharing software, failed to quash a court order Thursday that allowed the music industry to raid its Sydney-based offices, prompting a furious response from its chief executive.

In February, the music industry was granted an Anton Piller order, which grants copyright holders the rights of search and seizure, allowing it to raid 12 sites across Australia to seize documents and data. Sites raided included the offices of Sharman Networks, the home of its chief executive, several universities and other companies that were believed to be holding information relating to Kazaa.

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man the buggy whip manufacturers are getting nasty now the next thing you know they will sue 10 year olds and 76 year old world war two vets .....oh wait

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If the Music industry was the buggy whip makers old, every new 2004 automobile would come with a buggy whip by force of law.