03-27-2006, 08:42 AM
Quote:...in documents filed in the U.S. District Court's CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (Western Division - Los Angeles) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:06-cv-00391-FMC-E that back on January 20th StreamCast Networks, best known for their Peer to Peer technology, called Morpheus, filed a RICO suit against Skype Technologies SA, Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis, BlueMoon OU (the company that reportedly did a lot of the development work on Skype) alleging RICO violations. RICO stands for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
full article: http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/...strom.html
Quote:...the plaintiffs charge the defendents with 11 causes of action and have asked for both a TRO (temporary restraining order) and relief by the courts....
I also won't begin to editorialize or speculate on the ramifications or reprecussions this can have on the Skype entity now owned by eBay, or what the potential fallout could be on the shareholders, including those who may already have profited, as this needs a lawyer's input, so ask one.
full article: http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/...cast_.html
Quote:At the core of the complaint is the FastTrack P2P technology, which went from Kazaa to Sharman and eventually ending up in Skype. StreamCast claims that it had the first dibs on this technology, which they say is part of Skype. Alec Saunders, calls the allegations stunning, and vocalizes the question that has been echoing in my mind: âThe whole suit begs the question âHow much, and how carefully, did EBay do their due diligence?ââ
full article: http://gigaom.com/2006/03/26/skype-streamcast-take-two/