![]() ![]() The company called several academic witnesses during the trial who testified that filters would be ineffective in preventing copyright-infringement, as users would soon find ways to circumvent them. Users received copyright notices as part of Kazaa, according to Sharman, and the decentralized nature of the peer-to-peer application made controlling and monitoring users almost impossible. Lawyers for Sharman argued the company had never authorized copyright infringement. Sharman argued that it was unable to filter copyright materials involved in the Kazaa software, while the labels said Sharman encouraged people to infringe copyright through the design of the peer-to-peer software, and by promoting it with terms like "free music." ![]() Altnet operates a search system within the Kazaa Media Desktop. The labels alleged Sharman and Altnet had conspired to attract thousands of copyright infringers to Kazaa, and profited from advertising revenue. The seized materials were crucial to the record labels' evidence against Sharman in the subsequent Federal Court action, which began in November 2004. Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI), a division of the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA), seized hard drive images and other documents from the Sydney offices of Sharman, associated company Altnet and the homes of Sharman executives under a court-sanctioned civil search order. The battle began in earnest in Australia in February 2004. The record labels alleged millions of copyright infringements were occurring each day on the network. ![]() ![]() In 2002, Kazaa was the most popular file-sharing software on the Internet. Sharman Networks, associated companies and major record labels have been at loggerheads over Kazaa for more than three years. ![]()
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