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The entertainment industry won round one in a legal battle against a hugely popular internet music, games and film-sharing site today when four men accused of running it were jailed for a year.

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SOLICITORS for Australia’s recording industry branded the popular Kazaa computer file-swapping network “an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen” as they launched a court battle yesterday to shut down its activities.

Tue, 30 Nov, 2004

Download service Kazaa in face-off with record industry

Solicitors for Australia’s recording industry branded the popular Kazaa computer file-swapping network “an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen” as they launched a court battle today to shut down its activities.

Mon, 29 Nov, 2004

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