Raid on Kazaa Software Maker

February 09, 2004

The offices of Sherman Networks Ltd, an Australian company that makes Kazaa P2P software, were raided last week on a search for evidence about potential copyright violations.  A branch of the Australian Recording Industry Association conducted the search -- a move that Prof. Jonathan Zittrain calls "consistent with the music industry's generally held view that (file swapping) is a completely illegal activity and that they will use any legal means to impede it."  Read the full story Kazaa operator, ISP raided by police in PC World.

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