The Australian recording industry’s bid to eyeball material gathered in a series of raids at the sites of alleged music pirates — including Sharman Networks, maker of the popular online file-sharing program Kazaa, and Sharman partners Altnet and Brilliant Digital Entertainment — was deflated last week in a proceeding in a New South Wales federal court. During the proceeding, Justice Murray Wilcox denied lawyers for the recording industry direct access to any of the materials seized in the so-called Anton Piller raids earlier this year.
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Kazaa Wins Procedural Victory in Aussie Court
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. May 18, 2004 09:01 AMThe Australian recording industry’s bid to eyeball material gathered in a series of raids at the sites of alleged music pirates — including Sharman Networks, maker of the popular online file-sharing program Kazaa, and Sharman partners Altnet and Brilliant Digital Entertainment — was deflated last week in a proceeding in a New South Wales federal court. During the proceeding, Justice Murray Wilcox denied lawyers for the recording industry direct access to any of the materials seized in the so-called Anton Piller raids earlier this year.