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Skype and Kazaa hit with Rico lawsuit
News StreamCast Networks, creator of the Morpheus file-swapping software, has filed a lawsuit naming Kazaa and Skype Technologies, among others, as defendants. The suit, filed in US District Court in the Central District of... [28 Mar 2006]
Grokster signs out
News Along with co-defendant StreamCast Networks, Grokster had been accused by the music and movie industries of contributing to widespread copyright infringement by people who used its software to download songs and films. [08 Nov 2005]
US court hands out landmark file-sharing decision
News The court's ruling sends the case back to the lower courts, which will review the evidence against Grokster and co-defendant StreamCast in the light of Monday's decision. StreamCast CEO Michael Weiss... [28 Jun 2005]
File-swapping case finds friends in court
News A federal appeals court ruled last August that peer-to-peer software developers, including Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks and rival Grokster, were not liable for the actions of people who used their products to... [09 Nov 2004]
Movie-swappers: Lawsuits on the way
News But the MPAA's initial legal strategy ran aground in August when a federal appeals court ruled that peer-to-peer network operators such as Grokster and StreamCast Networks -- which runs Morpheus -- could not be held... [05 Nov 2004]
File-swapping ruling heads to Supreme Court
News But a Los Angeles federal judge said Grokster and StreamCast Networks, which distribute software allowing people to trade files without any further intervention by the companies, should not share the same fate. [11 Oct 2004]
File-sharing software 'legal'
News But the ruling does lift the cloud of potential liability from defendants Grokster and StreamCast Networks, as well as from many of their rivals. A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial court decision that... [20 Aug 2004]
No threat to iPod from blanket P2P ban, says US
News The Induce Act, which enjoys broad support in the music industry and from a handful of software companies, is designed to overturn an April 2003 ruling from a California judge that said StreamCast Networks, which... [23 Jul 2004]
Future of file-swapping to be decided in court
News The ruling was a surprise setback for record labels and Hollywood studios, which had previously won rulings forcing Napster and other file-swapping companies to close, and had expected the same result against Grokster and Morpheus parent... [03 Feb 2004]
RIAA guilty of 'child abuse'
News The members of P2P United that showed up at the event at the National Press Club included LimeWire, Blubster, Grokster and Streamcast Networks, which distributes Morpheus. A newly launched peer-to-peer trade association... [30 Sep 2003]
Librarians tell RIAA: Shhhhhhhh!
News The five major US library associations are planning to file a legal brief Friday siding with Streamcast Networks and Grokster in the California suit, brought by the major record labels and Hollywood studios. [26 Sep 2003]
RIAA turns on iMesh P2P firm
News The RIAA has made similar announcements many times before, filing against Napster, Aimster, Audio Galaxy, Streamcast Networks, Sharman Networks and others. However, a Los Angeles federal court judge ruled in April that... [22 Sep 2003]
12-year-old file swapper bailed out by P2P group
News P2P United, a peer-to-peer industry trade group that includes Grokster, StreamCast Networks, Limewire and other file-trading software companies, said Wednesday it had offered to reimburse Brianna Lahara and her mother's... [11 Sep 2003]
RIAA leads education offensive on file-swapping
News StreamCast Networks, which has marketed its Morpheus software as having tools to protect privacy, said it also has seen interest in its software rise over the past several months. StreamCast CEO Michael... [10 Sep 2003]
RIAA and film studios fight file-swapping ruling
News Several groups, including a list of legal scholars, international copyright organisations, legal music services and other copyright holder groups filed "friend of the court" briefs this week asking the courts to overturn an April ruling... [27 Aug 2003]
