An investigator for a music industry group on Monday formally served papers on Sharman Networks at its headquarters in Vanuatu related to an Australian copyright infringement case.
On Friday, Music Industry Piracy Investigations obtained court orders to search 12 sites across Australia to hunt down evidence of copyright infringement. One of the targets of the searches was Sharman, owner of popular peer-to-peer software Kazaa.
“As a formality you always serve the papers on the registered company as well,” MIPI manager Michael Speck told ZDNet Australia. Sharman Networks incorporated itself in the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific to capitalize on tax efficiencies.
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