Mon - Judge in Australia rules against Kazaa

A judge in Australia has ruled against users of Kazaa for infringing copyright on their widely used file sharing system.

The judge has ordered the owners of Kazaa, Sharman Networks, to amend their system Even though he has not ruled that they have broken copyright law, he has ruled that they have enabled their users to break copyright law.

This is a welcome victory for the beleaguered music industry and a ruling that could prove to create an interesting legal precedent around the world. It does seem as though law courts and some governments are gradually tackling the issue of illegal copyright over the internet.

This could prove beneficial to the likes of Apple's popular itunes service.