Skype gripe.Woodland Hills-based StreamCast Networks StreamCast Networks, Inc., is an American corporation, specializing in peer-to-peer software. Formerly named MusicCity, StreamCast created Morpheus, which was one of the first major peer-to-peer applications. StreamCast was also a defendant in the MGM v. Inc., creators of peer-to-peer file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. network Morpheus, has filed a lawsuit against Skype Technologies, the voice-over-Internet-protocol provider that was acquired by eBay Inc. last year for more than $4 billion. The suit centers on file-sharing technology called FastTrack P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. . Skype and other P2P services use it; StreamCast claims it owns it. StreamCast filed complaints under the RICO RICO n. . Act--Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act--among others. Executives declined to comment on the lawsuit. "As has been reported, StreamCast Networks has filed a lawsuit against Skype and other named defendants," read a statement from Charles Baker, partner at the law firm of Porter & Hodges, which is representing StreamCast in the case. "I am unable to expand upon that at this time. StreamCast looks forward to litigating this." Houston-based Porter & Hodges also represents StreamCast in a previous case brought by MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. and several record labels against several P2P networks, including the now-defunct Grokster, which charged them with copyright infringement. Skype parent company ebay was not named in the suit. |
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