Still holding on by its fingernails Sharman is sitting tight against the Austrlian music Cartel.
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1023As of December 14th, it’s a week and two days since Sharman was supposed to expand their key word filter. The ARIA brought the matter to Judge Murray Wilcox today and asked for a contempt hearing next week. Gauging from the ARIA's boisterous position last week, it would seem such a request would be a cake walk.
Not quite. Judge Murray Wilcox did grant a contempt hearing; however it will not be heard until January 30, 2006. Kazaa, FastTrack and Sharman Networks in their current iteration will continue to exist at least until that time.
In addition, the ARIA wanted immediate action on Order 5 taken by Judge Wilcox. Specifically, the ARIA wanted a "compulsory filtering order" established. Although by design similar to the original Order 5, the ARIA wanted it independent of the September 5th ruling. Judge Wilcox said "No."
As in any country, contempt is a serious matter punishable by jail time. How the two sides will spin this in their press releases is another story. Yet according to legal sources in Australia, it's rare for an individual to receive jail time under contempt charges. This circumstance should add to that rarity, as Judge Wilcox has never jailed anyone for contempt in his entire judicial career.
I like the idiot lawyers that are acting for the recording industry here, they seem to be making it so easy for Sharman to gain the upper hand
Something the industry should note is that a fool and his money is easily patred and they have spent millions on this useless endeavour to no avail, the average p2p user is obviously a little more savvy
