Sharman Networks – the operator of Kazaa.com – has backed out of an unusual lawsuit against a pro P2P technology site, although its CEO is still banging on with her case.
P2Pnet.net owner Jon Newton today posted a court document revealing that Sharman Networks has “discontinued” it actions against Newton, his ISP Interserver and four people who posted comments anonymously to the the P2Pnet site. Sharman CEO Nikki Hemming has also dropped her actions against three of the anonymous posters but upheld her complaint against Newton, his ISP and one of the anonymous posters. An updated version of Hemming’s libel lawsuit points to an allegedly defamatory article posted by Newton that contains additional comments from the anonymous poster.
As noted in the updated lawsuit, which was obtained by The Register from a court in British Columbia, Hemming is concerned with the P2Pnet story titled “Nikki Hemming’s Money Mansion.” The story quotes extensively from an AP report of Sharman Network’s court battles in Australia. In particular, the AP reported the following:
The chief executive of the company that owns the Kazaa file-sharing network on Friday denied hastily selling her multimillion dollar Sydney mansion and sending the proceeds to the tax haven of Vanuatu to make sure record company lawyers could not get their hands on it.
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