OT: Kazaa News From Kaspersky.com A U.S. federal judge in Los Angeles has given music production companies and film studios the green light to begin legal actions against the popular "Kazaa" file-swapping service. Entertainment media companies such as film studios and music production labels accuse Kazaa's parent company Sharman Networks Ltd. of copyright infringement and have filed a law suit to prove it in court. The defendant, Sharman Networks Ltd., countered that the suit should be dismissed on the merits that the company is located in Australia and registered as a corporation in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. The plaintiffs argue that Kazaa offers services to 21 million Americans and therefore U.S. courts should have jurisdiction rights. The judge's court ruling, issued this past Friday, finds the defendant, Sharman Networks Ltd. can indeed be sued for infringement of U.S. copyright laws because the company has significant business in California and is accused of copyright piracy within U.S. borders. Sharman Networks Ltd. plans to file a counterclaim that will, according to the company, "set forth the full story for the first time." The case brings to mind the media industry's battle with the Napster file-swapping network that eventually led to the nearly complete destruction of the company. Kazaa now finds itself in hotter waters with the judges ruling to allow the law suits, though, having its headquarters located outside the U.S. is a luxury Napster did not have. |
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