As an Australian court considers whether Kazaa’s parent
company should be forced to pay damages for the file sharing that goes on
over its peer-to-peer (P2P) network, questions persist about the effectiveness of the
music industry’s enforcement efforts. Today, the Federal Court in Sydney heard from Leon Sterling, chairman of Software Innovation and Engineering for the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering in the University of Melbourne.
Kazaa Can Track Users, Trial Witness Says
Posted by: Susan B. Shor December 7, 2004 09:46 AMAs an Australian court considers whether Kazaa’s parent
company should be forced to pay damages for the file sharing that goes on
over its peer-to-peer (P2P) network, questions persist about the effectiveness of the
music industry’s enforcement efforts. Today, the Federal Court in Sydney heard from Leon Sterling, chairman of Software Innovation and Engineering for the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering in the University of Melbourne.