On 5 September 2005, the Federal Court of Australia issued a landmark ruling that Sharman, though not itself guilty of copyright infringement, had " authorized " Kazaa users illegally to swap copyrighted songs.

As part of the fallout of the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC ) to designate a national Electric Reliability Organization ( ERO ).

* The Maltese Falcon ( 2005 ), the official authorized stage adaptation, was produced by The Long Beach Shakespeare Company, and premiered in 2007.

In March 2005, the PRC passed an Anti-Secession Law which authorized the use of force to prevent a " serious incident " that breaks the One China policy, but which at the same time did not identify one China with the People's Republic and offered to pursue political solutions.

Eckert and other " post-Farmerian " writers ( denoting authors working with or in a similar vein as Eckert, who are admirers of Farmer's Wold Newton biographies and fiction ) have – through crossovers documented in Eckert's massive online Crossover Chronology ( published in book form by Black Coat Press in two volumes in 2010 as Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World ), and through parascholarly articles such as those appearing on the various WNU-themed websites online ; Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe ( edited by Win Scott Eckert, MonkeyBrain Books, 2005, a 2007 Locus Award finalist ) and in various issues of the pro-zine dedicated to and authorized by Farmer, Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer ( published by Michael Croteau, webmaster of the Official Philip José Farmer Home Page ) – brought numerous further fictional characters into the WNU.

Shy by his own admission, Kelley was the only cast member of the original Star Trek series program never to have written or published an autobiography ; however, the authorized biography From Sawdust to Stardust ( 2005 ) was written posthumously by Terry Lee Rioux of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

In 2005, IAAM adopted a revised version of the 2002 " Law on Accounting and Auditing " which authorized the use of IFRS for all entities.

Effective January 1, 2005, this form of government was changed by a public referendum to a mayor-council form authorized by the Faulkner Act.

It authorized the U. S. Government to spend $ 100 million in the years 2003, 2004, and 2005 to assist the population in areas of Sudan outside Sudanese government control.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 has since directed the Secretary of Energy to fill the SPR to the full authorized capacity, a process which will require a physical expansion of the Reserve's facilities.

An executive committee was authorized by constitutional change in 2005.

In fact in 2005, the US Ambassador at the UN complained that the incumbent, as a ' civil servant ', was not authorized to act upon information ( in this case world wide press reports on abnormal detention forms in the ' war against terrorism ' suspected to breech the rights of the suspects ) not obtained by the organisation's official channels.

He is pointed out as one of the people who authorized or at least knew about and have to stand accountable for torture prisons at Mihail Kogălniceanu airbase from 2003 to 2005.

The first foreign sale of the GBU-28 was the acquisition of 100 units by Israel, authorized in April 2005.

In 2005 the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the governor had no authority to expend funds without legislative approval, and that if legislators failed to pass a budget in the future, only expenditures explicitly authorized in the state constitution could be made.

Warner's vote gave a retroactive, nine-year immunity to U. S. officials who authorized, ordered, or committed acts of torture and abuse, permitting the use of statements obtained through torture to be used in military tribunals so long as the abuse took place by December 30, 2005.

On November 12, 2005, the United States House of Representatives authorized the United States Postal Service to rename the Los Angeles Barrington Postal Station as the Karl Malden Postal Station in honor of Malden's achievements.

Under the 2005 agreements, the MDA agreed to operate within the international legal framework applicable to the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in 1967, and recognized that the Palestine Red Cross Society was the authorized national society in the Palestinian territory.

In 2005, during investigations into the U. N .' s Oil-for-Food Programme, evidence procured by federal investigators and the U. N .- authorized inquiry of Paul Volcker showed that in 1997, while working for Annan, Strong had endorsed a check for $ 988, 885, made out to " Mr. M. Strong ," issued by a Jordanian bank.

On December 2, 2005 JDSU stock holders authorized the reverse stock split after its 2005 annual meeting.

In May 2005, Florida passed a " Stand Your Ground " law that authorized persons attacked in their own home or automobile to use lethal force in self-defense without a duty to retreat ; Brady Campaign workers passed out fliers at Florida airports warning tourists that, under what they called the " Shoot First " law, tourists could be shot for simply being rude to a Florida resident.

David Berry authorized several stage productions in Japan after the film premiered in Tokyo in 1987, the most recent being in 2005.

From October 2005 through September 2006 the Ex-Im Bank authorized $ 3. 2 billion in financing directly to U. S. small businesses.

* Animal ( Motor Ace album ), a 2005 release

As of the 2005 release, C # Builder, Delphi for Win32, and Delphi for. NET have been combined into a single IDE called " Borland Developer Studio " ( though the combined IDE is still popularly known as " Delphi ").

2005 was their busiest year for many years with ten releases for the game and many more scheduled for release in the near future.

A 2003 compilation album, Classic Masters, was released only in the US, while 2005 saw the release of the album She Will Have Her Way, a collection of cover versions of Crowded House, Split Enz, Tim Finn and Finn Brothers songs by Australasian female artists.

The franchise again received popular attention in 2004 with the release of Doom 3, a retelling of the original game using new technology, and an associated 2005 Doom motion picture.

In contrast, the director's cut of Scott's Kingdom of Heaven ( which was a commercial failure in its 2005 theatrical release ) is the true version of the film Scott wanted, nearly an hour longer and has been met with more critical acclaim than the original version.

Then in 2005 Kidulthood, a film centring on inner-city London youth had a limited release.

Over the following years before the release of version 2. x in 2005, the game remained largely unchanged.

The release of version 2. x in 2005 changed the game significantly, new tweaked rules favoured large cities with full trade routes as well as wars with more advanced technologies, necessitating a distinct phase of rapturing which required relatively peaceful conditions ; so games were almost always played in teams and typically took longer to finish compared to 1. x games.

On 3 June 2005 the EU and Ukraine signed an agreement for Ukraine to join the project, as noted in a press release.

However, since the release of The Complete New Yorker on DVD in 2005, the story is once again widely available.

The press release summarizing the 2005 – 6 search season stated:

MediaCrypt AG is now offering a successor to IDEA and focuses on its new cipher ( official release on May 2005 ) IDEA NXT, which was previously called FOX.

The GPL release of the Quake III engine's source code was moved from the end of 2004 to August 2005 as the engine was still being licensed to commercial customers who would otherwise be concerned over the sudden loss in value of their recent investment.

Jarmusch and Michel Gondry each contributed a remix to a limited edition release of the track " Blue Orchid " by The White Stripes in 2005.

In February 2005, it was reported that Major and Norman Lamont delayed the release of papers on Black Wednesday under the Freedom of Information Act.

" Kemp was among the prominent leaders who pledged to raise money in 2005 for Scooter Libby's defense when he was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in a case regarding the release of Central Intelligence Agency information.

Since then it has been open source software, originally under a license particular to AT & T but, since the 93q release in early 2005, it has been licensed under the Common Public License.

Parliament voted for the release of the former Lebanese Forces warlord Samir Geagea in the first session since election were held in the spring of 2005.

In the United States, the release of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy ( NAAL ) report in 2005 revealed that approximately 14 % of adults function at the lowest level of literacy ; 29 % of adults function at the basic functional literacy level and cannot help their children with homework beyond the first few grades.

* Version 5. 0: beta from March 2005, production release October 2005 ( cursors, stored procedures, triggers, views, XA transactions )

There were plans in 2005 for paramilitary " on the runs " to receive pardons as part of the Northern Ireland peace process, to supplement the 1998 early release of serving prisoners after the Good Friday Agreement.

The 2005 release Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling chronicled the development of women's wrestling throughout the twentieth century.

* Apple press release announcing January 2005 PowerBook revisions