KaZaA.com Software Downloaded More Than Three Million Times in a Week; KaZaA Media Desktop v1.6 Downloads More Than 3 Times Its Next Competitor

Business Wire, April 18, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2002

Sharman Networks Limited today announces its weekly software download figure for KaZaA Media Desktop (KMD) v1.6 software from the KaZaA.com site, continuing its leadership position in the P2P market. In the period April 6th to April 13th, consumers completed 3,165,164 downloads from the site.

The new KaZaA.com website showed an increase in average daily traffic this week from over 3 million visitors to more than 7 million.

"The rate of downloads is the single biggest consumer confidence indicator in this market," CEO Nikki Hemming said. "The more than 800,000 users a day who downloaded the latest 1.6 version of our software from www.kazaa.com reinforces our belief that users consider KaZaA's software, and especially our latest v1.6, as the best product in the market. We look forward to the continued enthusiastic support of users as we keep the lead in delivering the best P2P experience."

About KaZaA

KaZaA distributes the popular KaZaA Media Desktop software, the leading peer-to-peer file transfer application that allows users to search, download, organize and interact with a variety of files. Owned and operated by privately held Sharman Networks Limited, KaZaA provides distributed computing software applications that are pioneering the digital revolution.

About Sharman Networks Limited

Sharman Networks Limited is a consortium of private investors with multimedia interests. Founded to pursue opportunities relating to new Internet-based technologies, Sharman owns and operates KaZaA.com and distributes the popular KaZaA Media Desktop software. Sharman is a worldwide operation, based in Australia, with offices in Europe.