Kazaa wants evidence tossed

The owners of file-sharing giant Kazaa asked an Australian federal court Tuesday to rule as inadmissible evidence record industry investigators collected during several raids last week. Lawyers for Sharman Networks, which owns Kazaa, questioned whether the Federal Court in Sydney had the power to allow the 12 raids in three Australian states, including those on the homes of Sharman chief executive officer Nikki Hemming and the company’s director of technology, Phil Morle. Sharman also applied for Australian breach of copyright legal action against Kazaa to be halted until a similar case is finalized in the United States.

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