Sharman Networks has moved to nullify a court order that allowed agents of Australia’s music industry to raid the company’s offices in Sydney last week in search of evidence for a copyright infringement case against the owner and distributor of Kazaa, a popular Internet file-sharing program. The action by the Australian Recording Industry Association was sanctioned by a legal instrument called an Anton Piller order, a measure usually issued when evidence is in imminent peril of destruction.
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After Aussie Assault, Sharman Squeezes Back
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 12, 2004 07:09 AMSharman Networks has moved to nullify a court order that allowed agents of Australia’s music industry to raid the company’s offices in Sydney last week in search of evidence for a copyright infringement case against the owner and distributor of Kazaa, a popular Internet file-sharing program. The action by the Australian Recording Industry Association was sanctioned by a legal instrument called an Anton Piller order, a measure usually issued when evidence is in imminent peril of destruction.