Skype sued over P2P technology :: Contractor UK

Link: Skype sued over P2P technology :: Contractor UK. Oh, no, say it isn't so! My favorite Voice Over IP service, Skype, has been named in a RICO suit by Streamcast, which originally developed Morpheus, the peer to peer file sharing software used by some to illegally download music. Of course, claiming that P2P software was wrongfully sold by one company to another causes a fleeting thought about motivation. Morpheus and Kazaa can be used for legal downloading; however, the vast percentage of its use has been illegal. If the Skype founders improperly installed it in Skype for file transfers, this article's author believes a quick, quiet settlement is coming. Of course, VOIP is rapidly making traditional phone service obsolete, and Skype is the biggest and best; so it makes an attractive target. I still recommend Skype. You can check it out at Skype.Com .

Comments

[Adam Fox]

They've got them good and will be able to squeeze a nice settlement out of them. If Morpheus added in, it was obviously not an accident. Plus, this is RICO. That means treble damages. Not a fun case to defend.

I prefer non-computer VOIP like Vonage, but within a few years I think that computer-based VOIP will be easily integrated with existing hard phone lines without the need for Vonage-like equipment.