Kazaa Media Desktop ( once stylized as " KaZaA ", but now usually written " Kazaa ") started as a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol licensed by Joltid Ltd. and operated as Kazaa by Sharman Networks.

During the past few years, Sharman Networks and its business partners and associates were the target of copyright-related lawsuits, related to the copyright of content distributed via Kazaa Media Desktop on the FastTrack protocol.

In response Consumer Empowerment sold the Kazaa application to Sharman Networks, headquartered in Australia and incorporated in Vanuatu.

On 6 February 2005, the homes of two Sharman Networks executives and the offices of Sharman Networks in Australia were raided under a court order by ARIA to gather evidence for the trial.

The court ruled six defendants — including Kazaa's owners Sharman Networks, Sharman's Sydney-based boss Nikki Hemming and associate Kevin Bermeister — had knowingly allowed Kazaa users illegally to swap copyrighted songs.

On 5 December 2005, the Federal Court of Australia ceased downloads of Kazaa in Australia after Sharman Networks failed to modify their software by the December 5 deadline.

Sharman Networks considers Kazaa Lite to be a copyright violation.

For more information about the various lawsuits surrounding Kazaa and Sharman Networks, see Kazaa.

The product was similar in look and feel to Kazaa which is marketed by Sharman Networks and Morpheus which was distributed by StreamCast.

Defendant Sharman Networks reached a tentative settlement agreement in August 2006.

It was shut down by Sharman Networks on December 7, 2003.

Sharman Networks considers Kazaa Lite to be a copyright violation.

In March 2005 Sharman Networks again sent a letter to Google requesting that all links to the Kazaa Lite application be removed from their database.

Sharman Networks is a company headquartered in Australia and incorporated in Vanuatu.

The CEO of Sharman Networks is Nikki Hemming.

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After lawsuits were filed by members of the music and motion picture industry in the USA, Kazaa was sold to Sharman Networks.

* In Australia, the Music Industry Piracy Investigations organization uses an Anton Piller order to raid offices of P2P companies Sharman Networks and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, the homes of their key executives, as well as several internet service providers and universities.

* 6 February – The Music Industry Piracy Investigations organization uses an Anton Piller order to raid offices of P2P companies Sharman Networks and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, the homes of their key executives, as well as several internet service providers and universities.

Sharman Networks bought out Kazaa in early 2002 with Bermeister and Hemming recruiting him as Director of Technology.

Shortly thereafter, on 27 July 2006, it was announced that Sharman had also settled with the record industry and motion picture studios.

Sharman planned to appeal the Australian decision, but ultimately settled the case as part of its global settlement with the record labels and studios in the United States.

Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the screenplay with O ' Brien, who wrote both the book and lyrics for the stage.

In 1981, Jim Sharman reunited with O ' Brien to do Shock Treatment.

As a beautiful young woman, with an 18-inch waist and " vivid blue eyes ", Margaret enjoyed socialising with high society and the young, aristocratic set, including Sharman Douglas, the daughter of the American ambassador, Lewis W. Douglas.

The name is cognate with Sharman, Shearman and Shurman.

Sharman had received some success with the original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar during which he met O ' Brien, who had played King Herod for just one performance.

Sharman Douglas ( October 5, 1928 – February 3, 1996 ) was an American socialite known for her friendship with the British royal family, in particular Princess Margaret.

Jones — who would go on to win an additional 7 NBA championships as coaches ( two each for Russell, Heinsohn and Jones, all with the Celtics, and one for Sharman with the Lakers ).

Kropp settled instead to join with David Sharman, who hoped to become the first Englishman to come down alive from the top.

A week after this incident he stuck with his British colleague, but Sharman fell, had a fractured leg and went back down.

Facilities at the Sharman Crawford Street campus include studios with personal work spaces for all students, and well-equipped workshops including ceramics, metal and wood fabrication, stone carving, foundry, photography, film and video, digital media, etching, lithography, silk screen and relief printmaking, textiles and stained glass.

* May 18 – Helen Sharman becomes the first British person in space, flying with the Soyuz TM-12 mission.

Sharman also contacted nine British schools by radio and conducted high-temperature superconductor experiments with the Elektropograph-7K device.

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Marisa tends to the crew herself, with mixed results: horribly burnt chief scientist of the expedition Dr. Sharman dies, whilst Col. Robert Calder survives.

Between the rigorous schedule, and the coaches assuming players already knew how to play for the most part when they entered the league, no one, including head coach Bill Sharman, was willing to work with him on a one-on-one basis.

A launch pad for Riya, cast in the female lead along with fellow-newcomers, Sharman Joshi, Sahil Khan and Shilpi Mudgal, the film pioneered a trend of commercial success for small budget films in India.

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs was established by the ECOSOC in 1946, with Canadian Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman as its first chair.

Sharman completed high school in the rural city of Porterville, California and is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what some consider the greatest backcourt duo of all time.