Mar 6 2002

Brilliant Digital and Sharman Networks Relationship Explained

  • Written by
  • No Comments

Brilliant Digital have responded to comments that they have a stake in Kazaa BV/Consumer Empowerment (owners & distributors of the fasttrack license) or Kazaa/Sharman Networks (who rent 1 of the 2 fasttrack licenses). Brilliant Digital has said that it does not have a direct financial stake in Sharman or Kazaa BV and that it has “no intention of investing” in either one . It claims to simply be a provider of software to Kazaa BV and through its connections helped introduce Kazaa BV to Niklas Zennstrom who bought kazaa.com and rents 1 of the fasttrack licenses. Also, the mystery over Brilliant Digital’s apparent registration of sharman networks.com is explained by the fact that Phil Morle who register the domain is a former Brillant Digital Employee but now works for Sharman Networks and not Brillant Digital.

One of the reasons Kazaa BV/Consumer Empowerment sold Kazaa to Australian company Sharman Networks was to avoid to the outcome of a lawsuit by the Dutch Version of the RIAA. Now the Australia Record Industry Association’s (ARIA) is investigating Kazaa/Sharman Networks but has run into a problem… it can’t find them! The Australian copyright authorities say they’ve investigated the company but haven’t been able to find any evidence of its existence. Read the full story here.

Related Posts

  1. RIAA To Sue Sharman Networks & FastTrack Creators
  2. Zeropaid Rumor: Morpheus is Under Attack
  3. 6 New Defendants added to FastTrack Suit
  4. Sharman new owner of Kazaa under investigation
  5. Sharman Networks Files Amicus Brief in Grokster Case
Zeropaid on Facebook
Trackbacks url:

Leave a Comment...

  • Advertisement

    Giganews Newsgroups

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...

  • Smartass: Jag tror inte att någon kommer in just nu......
  • Ron: Do you know of a site where I can down load several days of music as it wouold be played in a night club. An auto D.J. f...
  • Buzz: I loved Demonoid but, there still down and would like to try iptorrent.com. Could I get a invite? Did you ever get back...
  • Sophieanne and Lilli: I wish their was more music....
  • ralphie: OH looky, it still doesn't work on dual screens. Adobe sucks....
  • odball: hej jag är en leged user och nu kommer jag inte in på sidan kan ni vara snälla och undersöka varför mvh G.P...
  • mpsharp.com Blog » Watching NFL games online: [...] show you a number of streams to choose from for each game.  All the streams require some sort of StreamTorrent pl...
  • ejonesss: no it is not going to completely stop piracy because while it will stop those whose reason for piracy is quality it is n...
  • sdsd