re: kazaa blocked
destra Media welcomes crackdown on music/video piracy with shutdown of Kazaa Media Desktop -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
MELBOURNE – 7 December 2005 – destra Media, a division of destra Corporation Limited (ASX:DES) (destra), has welcomed news, Sharman Networks has closed down Australian users' access to the Web site from which the Kazaa Media Desktop file-sharing software is downloaded. destraMusic.com, Australia’s largest legal music download network, owned by destra Corporation, expects to be a major beneficiary of increased global enforcement of copyright infringement and music/video piracy by civil courts and criminal authorities.
Domenic Carosa, CEO of destra, said “The shutdown of Kazaa in Australia symbolises that piracy of digital music and video and copyright infringement is no longer tolerated by Australian courts and criminal authorities.”
“With the comprehensive music catalogue incorporated in the destraMusic.com network, Australian consumers are able to legally purchase music and video online, ensuring that artists are paid for their work and that there is a market to support emerging artists.” The September court ruling in favour of music labels, including the partners of destraMusic.com, represents a significant breakthrough for the Australian music industry. It is expected that such enforcement will result in the prosecution of facilitators and individuals as has occurred extensively in the USA.
“These court orders deliver a significant boon for legal music on the internet in Australia,” said Carl Olsen, destra’s Chairman. “It ensures that the market will grow in excess of x45 times over the next four years as estimated by IDC recently.”
destraMusic.com provides a legal online music/video download facility for Australian online customers in partnership with major record labels and music retailers. Through its investment in world-leading technology, destraMusic.com offers customers the ability to purchase a track, fully licensed from as little as 99cents.
To service customers without credit cards, payment for destraMusic.com music tracks may also be made via SMS and prepaid vouchers available throughout Australia.
destraMusic.com is the leading Australian alternative to iTunes and features significantly more Australian and emerging artists through its MP3.com.au sister site.
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