Tag archive: music industry piracy investigations

Justice Murray Wilcox set a tentative trial date of November 29, and announced that discovery and affidavit proceedings should be completed by October. In February, Sharman's Australian offices were raided by the Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) group, an enforcement arm of the music industry. The raid was conducted MIPI with what is called an Anton Pillar order

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… Read More

Investigators working for the Australian Recording Industry Association raided the offices of Sharman Networks, makers of Kazaa peer-to-peer file-sharing software, Friday searching for evidence linking the company to copyright infringement, the company says. The company was served with a “search and seize” order issued by a judge at the Federal Court of Australia. The homes of two Sharman executives were also searched, according… Read More

Music Industry Piracy Investigations obtained a so-called Anton Pilar order Thursday from Justice Murray Wilcox, and began raiding premises in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria on Friday searching for documents and electronic evidence to support its case against the peer-to-peer companies. The order allows a copyright holder to enter premises to search for and seize material that breaches copyright, without alerting the target… Read More