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Judge Grants Hollywood Victory in StreamCast File-Sharing Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2006 - 1:58pm.
Los Angeles - A federal judge has granted summary judgment in favor of the movie studios and record labels who sued file-sharing firm StreamCast Networks, distributors of the Morpheus peer-to-peer application, for copyright infringement. The ruling, which StreamCast may still appeal, is part of the aftermath of the landmark 2005 Supreme Court ruling that found providers of file-sharing software liable for copyright infringement committed by users. The Supreme Court sent that suit back to U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson, whose initial 2003 ruling in favor of StreamCast started the case on its way up the appeals process. Judge Wilson's ruling on Wednesday cited "overwhelming" evidence of StreamCast's "massive infringement." "No single court ruling solves piracy or can make up for several challenging years for the music community, but there's no doubt that that rules of the road for online music are better today than they were yesterday," said RIAA chairman and CEO Mitch Bainwol.
http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/092706.asp
http://tinyurl.com/osfhr (Reuters)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-morpheus28sep28,1,491111.story
http://www.streamcastnetworks.com
http://www.morpheus.com
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Tech | P2P | Piracy | Music | RIAA | Copyright | File-Sharing | StreamCast | Morpheus |



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