please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2006 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with wikipedia s quality standards . you can help . the discussion page may contain suggestions . april 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message sharman networks founded 2002 headquarters port vila vanuatu key people nikki hemming ceo products kazaa services p2p networks website www.sharmannetworks.com sharman networks is a company headquartered in australia and incorporated in vanuatu . it owns the rights to the kazaa file sharing software . it was created for this purpose in 2001 when the original owners of kazaa were sued in the netherlands . in december 2003 sharman shut down kazaa lite k by serving dmca notices to all the server owners that hosted the software . in april 2004 sharman threatened legal action against markus kern for his distribution of the gift fasttrack plugin claiming that reverse engineering sharman s fasttrack network was illegal . the ceo of sharman networks is nikki hemming . alan morris is the executive vice president . phil morle is the director of technology . in 2006 sharman launched a defamation suit against p2pnet.net a one man digital media news site specialising in freedom of speech and file sharing issues . 1 sharman later dropped out leaving executive nikki hemming to keep the suit going . it has not yet been resolved . the company is currently involved in legal brawls in australia and the u.s. over the alleged use of kazaa to infringe copyrights . as of 8 march 2009 update it is still unclear if these cases have been resolved . references edit michael geist 31 july 2006 . free speech libel and the internet age . bbc news technology . retrieved 31 october 2013 . external links edit sharman networks dead link original company no longer exist ; a new company in 2013 assumes the site . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sharman networks & oldid 646202263 categories technology companies of australiahidden categories articles lacking reliable references from december 2006all articles lacking reliable referenceswikipedia articles needing rewrite from april 2009use dmy dates from march 2011articles containing potentially dated statements from march 2009all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 8 february 2015 at 16 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view