KaZaa was bought by Australian interests and has resumed its controversial service.

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File Sharing Program Kazaa Bought.

An Australian multimedia company has bought and restarted KaZaa, the Internet file-sharing program that’s being sued for being the new Napster (news – web sites).

The privately held Sharman Networks Ltd. bought certain assets of KaZaa BV, including the popular KaZaa Media Desktop file-sharing program, Nikki Hemming, Sharman’s chief executive officer said Monday.

KaZaa stopped all downloads of the free Media Desktop program last week pending a Dutch judge’s ruling in a copyright infringement case filed against the company in the Netherlands.

But Sharman Networks resumed downloads Monday and logged about two new users per second.