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Lawyers for Universal Music put the hard word on Sharman Networks in Federal Court today attempting to force the company to reveal its corporate structure and anonymous director. The Universal Music parties' senior counsel, John Nicholas, claimed the company has purposely been set up with no visible line of command to "resist a claim like this".
Senior executives of companies involved in music industry court action over the controversial Kazaa software have agreed to freeze their personal assets until seven days after judgement is handed down.
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