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Kazaa owner pins hopes on 105-year-old defence
News Sharman License Holdings may be resting its defence on a precedent set over one hundred years ago, according to statements made by its lawyers in court last Friday, as the company prepares to face alleged music copyright infringement charges...
[May 19, 2004, 10:40]
Kazaa firm banned from suing record labels
News Sharman Networks, the company behind the popular Kazaa file-swapping software, cannot pursue a suit accusing record labels and movie studios of antitrust violations, a federal judge has ruled. Movie studios and record labels filed a lawsuit...
[July 8, 2003, 14:56]
Judge: Kazaa can be sued in US
News A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that record companies and movie studios can proceed with a lawsuit against the parent company of Kazaa -- the most popular online file-swapping service -- in the United States.
[January 13, 2003, 8:00]
Kazaa loses court battle
News An Australian court on Monday ruled makers of peer-to-peer software Kazaa had authorised users to infringe on music copyrights and directed them to modify the application to reduce the practice. Justice Murray Wilcox of Australia's Federal Court...
[September 5, 2005, 15:55]
Kazaa plans defensive ad campaign
Talkback Keep Kazaa Running. The people that are already making billions are the ones complaining that they aren't getting enought money because of kazaa. It's stupid!
[July 7, 2004, 23:04]
Kazaa fires back at Hollywood, labels
News Sharman Networks, owner of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software, has launched a legal counterstrike against the major record labels and Hollywood studios, asserting they have "obscenely" abused their copyright powers.
[January 28, 2003, 7:56]
Kazaa exec defends sleeper software
News Two days after disclosures that file-swappers using Kazaa were unwittingly downloading software that could turn their computers into part of a new network, Kazaa's owner spoke up to defend the company's actions.
[April 4, 2002, 10:00]
Kazaa, Morpheus conceding defeat
News A legal fight that has pitted file-swapping software companies Kazaa and StreamCast Networks against big record labels and movie studios is collapsing as the small companies run out of funds. Netherlands-based Kazaa, which created the file-swapping...
[May 23, 2002, 9:19]
Kazaa & iMesh in 'serious' security alert
News A security researcher who found a potentially critical vulnerability in the software that drives the FastTrack network, which powers p2p software such as Kazaa and iMesh, has dismissed claims by the makers of the software that the problem isn't...
[May 27, 2003, 9:23]
Kazaa's spying potential revealed
News A witness in the ongoing civil trial against peer-to-peer software provider Sharman Networks has added weight to testimony last week that logs can be maintained to trace users who are exchanging unlicensed music online using the Kazaa software.
[December 7, 2004, 9:40]
Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight
News Powerful computer and telecommunications companies are allying with upstart file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.
[May 16, 2002, 13:12]
Kazaa & iMesh in 'serious' security alert
Talkback imesh-light.com is far better then Kazaa!
[May 21, 2005, 9:46]
Kazaa's man in Washington speaks out
News Sharman Networks has sent repeated notices to Google complaining about links to the ad-free version of Kazaa called Kazaa Lite. That's not a trivial task for Corwin, the lobbyist for Kazaa's parent company Sharman Networks.
[December 6, 2004, 10:25]
Kazaa's parent takes another legal beating
News "The Kazaa system is an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen," declared the counsel for the music industry, Tony Bannon, during today's commencement of the civil trial against peer-to-peer (P2P) software...
[November 29, 2004, 7:40]
Kazaa creates worst spyware threat, says CA
News Peer-to-peer program Kazaa is the number one spyware threat on the Internet, according to Computer Associates. According to the company's Pest Patrol research, Kazaa created a greater threat than other programs in its top five spyware list because...
[November 25, 2004, 13:30]
Kazaa halts software downloads
News Netherlands-based Kazaa has temporarily suspended downloads of its file-swapping software from its Web site, pending a decision by a Dutch court expected 31 January. Kazaa said Wednesday that it took the step to avoid paying a fine that stems from...
[January 18, 2002, 9:34]
Kazaa & iMesh in 'serious' security alert
Talkback kazaa will give the patch but wat about imesh.please give details on wat imesh is doing to solve the problem
[June 8, 2005, 6:31]
Kazaa a 'blight on users' machines'
News Kazaa a 'blight on users machines' Sharman Network's CTO has admitted, in an internal memo, that Kazaa will noticeably slow down users machines and affect other activities An internal document written by Sharman Network's chief technology officer...
[February 4, 2005, 10:35]
Kazaa founders tout P2P VoIP
Talkback I have allways wondered who was the person or persons who was putting these hundreds of blank dummy downloads on the Kazaa P2P system. I found out recently the film industry hires companies to put these blank downloads on the internet so as to...
[August 17, 2004, 15:24]
Kazaa a 'blight on users' machines'
Talkback One small cockup for Kazaa, one massive stumble for p2p. Oh that is gonna hurt.
[February 4, 2005, 12:28]
