[H]ardNews 9th Edition

Music Industry Tailed Sharman Boss:

A year ago, we had the RIAA kicking in doors and conducting raids on pirates. Now we have the Australian music industry conducting surveillance on the owner of Kazaa. What the?!?! Now that is just freaky.

Michael Speck, a representative of Music Industry Piracy Investigations, told a federal court hearing on Tuesday that the antipiracy unit had been "tailing" Nikki Hemming's premises on a "continuous basis" for several months until 11 a.m. on May 24. The unit conducted the surveillance as part of its efforts to determine who controlled the peer-to-peer software Kazaa.