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Morpheus tracks user surfing habits

StreamCast Networks, distributor of the popular Morpheus software, is quietly counting the number... Read more

20 March, 2002 by John Borland

Morpheus infiltrates other P2P networks

...to-peer searches and sharpen competition among rival software developers. On Thursday, StreamCast Networks released a new test version of its Morpheus software. The application... Read more

19 January, 2004 by John Borland

Morpheus shutdown puts rival in the spotlight

...a key player in an increasingly bizarre triangle with Morpheus' parent company, StreamCast Networks, and Kazaa BV, in which accusations of unpaid bills, user-poaching... Read more

6 March, 2002 by John Borland

Judge puts file swappers in hot seat

...to their legal troubles with the entertainment industry. Attorneys for defendants Kazaa, StreamCast Networks and Grokster had hoped to convince the judge that their products... Read more

5 March, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Billionaire backs defendant in landmark P2P case

...more [than] everyone else on lawyers." The case focuses on Grokster and StreamCast Networks' Morpheus, popular file-swapping applications that are widely used to trade... Read more

29 March, 2005 by Steven Musil

A tardy Morpheus meets mixed reviews

File-swapping company StreamCast Networks released a long-awaited new version of its Morpheus software on... Read more

21 August, 2002 by John Borland

Skype and Kazaa named in StreamCast lawsuit

StreamCast Networks, creator of the Morpheus file-swapping software, has filed a lawsuit... Read more

28 March, 2006 by Candace Lombardi

Skype wins victory in $4bn lawsuit

...has thrown out a $4.1bn lawsuit that was levelled against Skype. Streamcast Networks, a P2P software vendor, told a Los Angeles court that Skype... Read more

24 January, 2007 by Richard Thurston

The cast of the ongoing peer-to-peer drama

Peer-to-peer partisans Grokster, StreamCast Networks: The two companies that prompted the lawsuit, along with Kazaa's... Read more

28 June, 2005 by John Borland

Grokster, the Supreme Court, and us

...court say? Peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster and Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks can be sued and held legally liable for the copyright infringement... Read more

28 June, 2005 by John Borland

Grokster decision muddies P2P waters

...ruling, America's top court found that file-swapping companies Grokster and StreamCast Networks should be held liable for the widespread copyright infringement their technologies... Read more

28 June, 2005 by Alorie Gilbert

Will restricting file-sharing slow innovation?

...However, they say that unlike Sony or Apple, Grokster and Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks have actively built their file-swapping software businesses by encouraging copyright... Read more

2 March, 2005 by John Borland and Stefanie Olsen

Napster founder unveils new P2P venture

Shawn Fanning's new company, with VC backing, is set to be the middleman between record companies and file-swapping networks looking to keep their product legitimate Read more

3 December, 2004 by John Borland

Hollywood heads to court over movie-swapping

...court ruled that peer-to-peer network operators such as Grokster and StreamCast Networks -- which runs Morpheus -- could not be held liable for what individual... Read more

5 November, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

Supreme Court hears file-swapping case

...ordered network filters. But a Los Angeles federal judge said Grokster and StreamCast Networks, which distribute software allowing people to trade files without any further... Read more

11 October, 2004 by John Borland

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