StreamCast set for battle as Grokster throws in the towel.THE fat lady has not sung yet. On the same day file-sharing Web site Grokster Ltd. shut down last week, local counterpart 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. began gearing up for its court battle against the motion picture and music industries. StreamCast and Grokster suffered a severe legal blow in June when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that motion picture studios had the right to sue them for illegally sharing copyrighted material. The case was sent back to U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. for trial. After Grokster announced last week it would settle out of the case, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson set a timetable outlining what steps the movie studios must take to shut down StreamCast Networks' software, Morpheus. StreamCast could have a difficult time responding. In writing the high court's opinion, Justice David Souter called StreamCast's unlawful intent "unmistakable." StreamCast says it has made several changes since then, including marketing itself as a site with legitimate services. "We've been in existence and operating for years," said Charles Baker Charles Baker may refer to:
adj. Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend: irreparable harm; irreparable damages. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin harm when they could have done that many, many years ago." A hearing on StreamCast's fate is scheduled for March 27. |
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