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THEY THINK THEY'RE THE POLICE, DON'T THEY?: A couple of companies related to Kazaa have been raided in Australia. Not by police, but by a company owned by the major record labels, Music Industry Piracy Investigations. MIPI was seeking evidence for a legal battle against Sharman, Kazaa's parent company, in Australia. Is this quirk of Australian law, that record companies can act like they're law enforcement organisations, just limited to the music industry? Or can we form a company, call it, say 'Secret Private Investigations' and go around raiding people? How long before the companies decide they have the right to shoot people they suspect might be about to google for MP3 +download +free?