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 [News.com.com] Judges rule file-sharing software legal | CNET News.com: When someone using StreamCast's Morpheus software searches for a file, the search request goes to another personal computer and ripples out through the network, like a rumor being whispered from one person to the next. When the correct file is found, a direct connection is made between the computers at the beginning and end of that chain--but StreamCast itself is never involved.

 [Wired.com] Wired 11.02: The Race to Kill Kazaa: Grokster et al., which sits on file in the Los Angeles federal courthouse. In the suit, a roster of entertainment conglomerates accuse FastTrack-enabled services Kazaa, Morpheus, and Grokster of profiting from a "21st-century piratical bazaar." Record labels and movie studios want the services closed and fined $150,000 for each illegally traded song or movie.

[Blogmaverick.com] Let the truth be told”¦MGM vs Grokster - Blog Maverick - www ...: I had the opportunity from my phone line in the Bronx, NY to gather some old recordings from Morpheus and thought some had come either directly from vinyl or off the radio, (The FUGS, Brewer and Shipley, etc.) well one day as I was contemplating Congressman Berman of California's proposal to allow hacking and destroying "copyrighter" content using hacking, which the industry spends millions to prevent, I got an "axon-b" virus variant, that destroyed all my songs, some authored by a musician friend, and the statement "I also fxxked the RIAA" leaving only the album "art" files that Microsoft player collects off the Internet for titles. I hope it wasn't a test of Lord Berman's kung fu.

[Digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com] GROKSTER, MORPHEUS WIN 9th-CIRCUIT APPEAL - The Digital Music ...: A previous verdict which upheld the legitimacy of defending file-sharing companies Grokster and Morpheus has been upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by unanimous 3-0 decision. The court found that blaming P2P companies for the actions of some of their users, thereby giving relief to record label and music companies, would be an “unwise”

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