Posted by Technomage Hawke on 09/13/05 22:55

fred-bloggs wrote:

> http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16502386%5E15306%5E%
> 5Enbv%5E,00.html
>
> Justice Wilcox found the respondents - Sharman Networks, management
> company LEF Interactive, chief executive Nicola Anne Hemming, business
> partners Brilliant Digital Entertainment and Altnet, and BDE chief
> executive Kevin Glenn Bermeister - had authorised copyright infringement.
>
> They have been given two months to install filters to stop traffic in
> pirated tracks on their system, and face a large damages bill, to be
> assessed at a later hearing.
>
> Justice Wilcox said the respondents had not installed filtering to stop
> piracy, and had encouraged piracy through an advertising campaign.
>
>

I wonder if the judge in that case also knows that the holders (owners) of
KazaA (and their associates, partners, et al) backdoor the program to use
unsuspecting users machines for purposes other than just sharing music?

I was recently involved (as an expert witness) in a small court case where
it was determined that the file sharer (who was accused of sharing and
trafficking in child porn) was mislead by the program. the nature of the
material and where it was stored suggested that it was "remotely planted".
the other interesting feature of that case was the "anonymous tip" the feds
got on it....

best rule of thumb: if a program has a backdoor, you can't trust it on your
systems.

I guess that Sharman Networks, et al should consider cleaning up their act
now.

TMH

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