Ryoko
April 24th, 2002, 06:53 PM
Nikki Hemming has emerged as one of the most mysterious Internet executives in the world. (http://news.com.com/2008-1082-890072.html)
Hemming, 35, is CEO of Sharman Networks. In late January, her little-known company bought the Kazaa Media Desktop (KMD), a popular post-Napster file-swapping program that is used by tens of millions of people worldwide. Even by the ordinarily eventful standards of the peer-to-peer world, the months since have been punctuated by controversy.
In March, Kazaa's biggest competitor went suddenly, surprisingly dark. Some fingers pointed at Hemming's Sharman, although her company wound up having nothing to do with the incident.
Earlier this month, Kazaa came in for criticism following news that Sharman had bundled software from Brilliant Digital Entertainment. The contretemps erupted because the software would ultimately let consumers' computers be used as part of a new commercial peer-to-peer content distribution network called Altnet.
Through all of this, Hemming declined interviews, communicating with the public only through press releases. Now she is finally lifting the veil on her company. A former Virgin Interactive executive, Hemming is convinced she can help move file-swapping out of a commercial--and legal gray--area and create a business model that will satisfy entertainment companies and consumers alike.
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Hemming, 35, is CEO of Sharman Networks. In late January, her little-known company bought the Kazaa Media Desktop (KMD), a popular post-Napster file-swapping program that is used by tens of millions of people worldwide. Even by the ordinarily eventful standards of the peer-to-peer world, the months since have been punctuated by controversy.
In March, Kazaa's biggest competitor went suddenly, surprisingly dark. Some fingers pointed at Hemming's Sharman, although her company wound up having nothing to do with the incident.
Earlier this month, Kazaa came in for criticism following news that Sharman had bundled software from Brilliant Digital Entertainment. The contretemps erupted because the software would ultimately let consumers' computers be used as part of a new commercial peer-to-peer content distribution network called Altnet.
Through all of this, Hemming declined interviews, communicating with the public only through press releases. Now she is finally lifting the veil on her company. A former Virgin Interactive executive, Hemming is convinced she can help move file-swapping out of a commercial--and legal gray--area and create a business model that will satisfy entertainment companies and consumers alike.
» Want To Know More? (http://news.com.com/2008-1082-890072.html)