Comments on: Streamcast Claims Ownership of Core Skype Technologies http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: StreamCast complaint thrown out -- Alec Saunders .LOG http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-110209 StreamCast complaint thrown out -- Alec Saunders .LOG Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:00:20 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-110209 [...] One of the more lurid stories of the VoIP business came to a close today, as U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper dismissed the $4.1 billion antitrust lawsuit filed by StreamCast Networks against VoIP service provider Skype, eBay and more than a dozen defendants.  It certainly made for great reading with allegations of racketeering, antitrust and all the imagery that goes along with.  It even had an intrepid sleuth in Andy Abramson, digging through court filings to grab a copy of the suit before the news broke. [...] [...] One of the more lurid stories of the VoIP business came to a close today, as U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper dismissed the $4.1 billion antitrust lawsuit filed by StreamCast Networks against VoIP service provider Skype, eBay and more than a dozen defendants.  It certainly made for great reading with allegations of racketeering, antitrust and all the imagery that goes along with.  It even had an intrepid sleuth in Andy Abramson, digging through court filings to grab a copy of the suit before the news broke. [...]

]]> By: Streamcast Adds EBay to Skype Suit -- Alec Saunders .LOG http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-13086 Streamcast Adds EBay to Skype Suit -- Alec Saunders .LOG Wed, 24 May 2006 13:33:29 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-13086 [...] Streamcast filed an updated complaint Monday morning, in their ongoing suit against Skype and 21 other companies.  Andy Abramson first reported on this last March, and I wrote a summary of the suit at the time, from the faxed copy which Andy had uncovered.  Monday’s update: [...] [...] Streamcast filed an updated complaint Monday morning, in their ongoing suit against Skype and 21 other companies.  Andy Abramson first reported on this last March, and I wrote a summary of the suit at the time, from the faxed copy which Andy had uncovered.  Monday’s update: [...]

]]> By: Ramsys Tech Takes » Did KaZaa fail to honour terms? http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4616 Ramsys Tech Takes » Did KaZaa fail to honour terms? Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:53:21 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4616 [...] Alec Saunders says with reference to the Streamcast / Skype RICO lawsuit that “my understanding from reading the suit is that the allegation is that KaZaa failed to honour the terms of the original right of first refusal agreement. Who knows how valid this is without seeing the original license agreement”. An opinion shared by Om Malik who indicates that “I am amazed at all the murky stuff that went off but then when you are skrirting the law, as kazaa et.al were, this kind of ‘gray’ activity is expected”. With all the high drama in store it would be nice to know Sharman Network’s take on this. [...] [...] Alec Saunders says with reference to the Streamcast / Skype RICO lawsuit that “my understanding from reading the suit is that the allegation is that KaZaa failed to honour the terms of the original right of first refusal agreement. Who knows how valid this is without seeing the original license agreement”. An opinion shared by Om Malik who indicates that “I am amazed at all the murky stuff that went off but then when you are skrirting the law, as kazaa et.al were, this kind of ‘gray’ activity is expected”. With all the high drama in store it would be nice to know Sharman Network’s take on this. [...]

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4591 Alec Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:56:32 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4591 I don't believe it will come to that. I think this is a shakedown. I don’t believe it will come to that. I think this is a shakedown.

]]> By: Alex Goldman http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 Alex Goldman Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:21:21 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4587 If this is true, could it invalidate the purchase of Skype? Could eBay get an out, forcing those who were paid to hand back the money? If this is true, could it invalidate the purchase of Skype? Could eBay get an out, forcing those who were paid to hand back the money?

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4579 Alec Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:43:04 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4579 Vijay, my understanding from reading the suit (which is now offline, so unfortunately you can't read it yourself) is that the allegation is that KaZaa failed to honour the terms of the original right of first refusal agreement. Who knows how valid this is without seeing the original license agreement. Vijay, my understanding from reading the suit (which is now offline, so unfortunately you can’t read it yourself) is that the allegation is that KaZaa failed to honour the terms of the original right of first refusal agreement. Who knows how valid this is without seeing the original license agreement.

]]> By: Vijay Krishna http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4578 Vijay Krishna Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:30:37 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4578 It would be of interest to know how much of Fastrack P2P technologies is built into the core of Skype and more so how much of it was developed by the Morpheus team.... all the more reason now in light of the lawsuit. It would be of interest to know how much of Fastrack P2P technologies is built into the core of Skype and more so how much of it was developed by the Morpheus team…. all the more reason now in light of the lawsuit.

]]> By: Ramsys Tech Takes » Skype attracts lawsuit over peer-to-peer technology http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4577 Ramsys Tech Takes » Skype attracts lawsuit over peer-to-peer technology Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:34:09 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4577 [...] Internet telephony company Skype is being sued by the makers of Morpheus file-sharing software, StreamCast Networks, claiming that Skype is using peer-to-peer technology that StreamCast contends it owns. If the allegations are valid, the lawsuit could pose a big threat to Skype, which was acquired by eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005. Skype uses peer-to-peer technology to efficiently connect users over the internet to transmit calls. [...] [...] Internet telephony company Skype is being sued by the makers of Morpheus file-sharing software, StreamCast Networks, claiming that Skype is using peer-to-peer technology that StreamCast contends it owns. If the allegations are valid, the lawsuit could pose a big threat to Skype, which was acquired by eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005. Skype uses peer-to-peer technology to efficiently connect users over the internet to transmit calls. [...]

]]> By: Jassim http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4571 Jassim Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:46:03 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4571 hmm quite interesting to see how ebay plans to integrate skype into its community .... hmm quite interesting to see how ebay plans to integrate skype into its community ….

]]> By: Marc Freedman http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-4568 Marc Freedman Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:50:44 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/26/plaintiff-streamcast-claims-ownership-of-core-skype-technologies/#comment-4568 A lawsuit target with deep pockets like eBay is a slam dunk for Michael Weiss ... assuming the suit has some merit. Not that that's required. Another motivation - Streamcast has been seeking its next round of funding for a legal P2P network. Perhaps the VC reception was so chilly it forced Streamcast to make this desperate play. Given that Streamcast will settle with RIAA, the $2 billion question is how much of the eBay settlement does RIAA get? Now let's go full circle. Tie this into the rumored eBay Music Store. That's expensive music. Thousand dollar songs, anyone? http://www.p2p-weblog.com/50226711/ebay_to_pay_music_biz_via_streamcast_v_skype_lawsuit.php A lawsuit target with deep pockets like eBay is a slam dunk for Michael Weiss … assuming the suit has some merit. Not that that’s required. Another motivation – Streamcast has been seeking its next round of funding for a legal P2P network. Perhaps the VC reception was so chilly it forced Streamcast to make this desperate play.

Given that Streamcast will settle with RIAA, the $2 billion question is how much of the eBay settlement does RIAA get?

Now let’s go full circle. Tie this into the rumored eBay Music Store. That’s expensive music. Thousand dollar songs, anyone?

http://www.p2p-weblog.com/50226711/ebay_to_pay_music_biz_via_streamcast_v_skype_lawsuit.php

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