Overriding severe objections from Sharman Networks' counsel, Federal Court Justice Murray Wilcox allowed an anti-piracy services provider based in New York to give evidence at the civil trial against owners of the peer-to-peer software Kazaa.

With settlement, Kazaa casts off its pirate garb

A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.

Sharman to appeal while record labels celebrate

Sharman Networks has announced it will appeal a Federal Court ruling that several respondents associated with the company had authorised infringment of music industry copyright and that it must introduce filters to the Kazaa file-sharing software.

All I want for Christmas is a legal music service

While music industry heavyweights battle in court over the legality of Kazaa, consumers are still being left out in the cold when it comes to a usable and legal music downloading service.