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(1) FileForum | Program Detail - Grokster "...owners may now easily broadcast their files through the Grokster Network. You can now publish your works and easily share it with a global audience. It is easy to publish your work: your family photos, home videos, academic reports, travel journal,diary, recipes, music from your own band - your imagination is the limit." http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1009502084 superdownloads.ubbi.com.br *****
(3) Mercury News | 06/30/2002 | Record industry changing tune on Internet "It's only a matter of time before subscription online services offer what consumers really want -- full portability and a rich collection of music to rival popular file-swapping sites like Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster." http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3578189.htm
(4) Mercury News | 06/27/2002 | Music industry swamps swap networks with phony files "Sources at three major labels admit they're deluging popular services like Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster with thousands of decoy music files that look identical to a sought-after song, but are filled with long minutes of silence -- or 30-second loops of a song's chorus." http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/3560365.htm
(5) Mercury News | 05/17/2002 | Left for dead, Napster gets new life; co-founder returns "Should Bertelsmann revive the Napster service, it will ultimately compete with the numerous file-swapping imitators -- including Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster -- that sprang up in its wake." http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3288059.htm
(6) Mercury News | 03/06/2002 | DivX brings downloaded movies to your TV "It has emerged as the standard for trading compressed video files over online sites like Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster -- which, analysts estimate, distribute 450,000 bootlegs every day." http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2806552.htm
(7) Mercury News | 02/25/2002 | Home piracy sends music business into funk " Even though Napster has been hobbled by legal action, plenty of more powerful successors such as Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster have filled the void. The music industry's own belated attempts to allow fans to swap files, Pressplay and MusicNet, are notnearly as user-friendly as the other services." http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2744988.htm
(8) Mercury News | 03/02/2002 | Music and film industries, company face off in court " The film and music industries accuse Morpheus, and two other applications that share the same FastTrack file-swapping network, Grokster and KaZaA -- of creating a technology that enables piracy on a global scale." http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2776914.htm securiteam.com *****
(9) SecuriTeam.com ™ (Kazaa, Grokster and Morpheus Remote Denial of Service "Title 27/2/2002 Kazaa, Grokster and Morpheus Remote Denial of Service" http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5RP0R1P6AC.html telecharger.01net.com *****
(10) Telecharger.com : téléchargement du logiciel Grokster "Grokster - Cliquez pour agrandir Description : Grokster fait partie de la dernière génération de programmes de partage de fichiers. La génération Grokster de partage de fichiers présente des fonctions très interessantes:" http://telecharger.01net.com/windows/Internet/partage/fiches/16819.html salon.com *****
(11) Salon.com Technology | Not the real Slim Shady "Tony P., an AudioGalaxy and Grokster user who was searching for songs from ""The Eminem Show"" last week, found files that looked authentic, but consisted of a ""20-30 second loop of the chorus that went on for three to four minutes,"" depending on the length of the real track. Other modified files alternated 10-second periods of music and silence." http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/06/10/eminem_mp3/index.html cnn.com *****
(12) CNN.com - MusicCity.com site crashes - Mar. 5, 2002 "A Kazaa.com spokeswoman explained that because the three FastTrack-enabled companies, MusicCity, Kazaa and Grokster, ran on the same code, users of any of the three could share files with each other in the past." http://www.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/03/05/musiccity/
(13) CNN.com - Battle of file-sharing services heats up - March 6, 2002 "Until last week Kazaa, Morpheus and another service, Grokster, were all powered by FastTrack. But PC Advisor has been told that StreamCast feels wronged by FastTrack's upgrade to its new version and new licensing." http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/03/06/p2p.battle.idg/index.html
(14) CNN.com - Recording, movie industries sue Napster progeny - October 7, 2001 " (RIAA), along with the major Hollywood studios, is now launching attacks against popular file-swapping services MusicCity, KaZaA, Morpheus and Grokster." http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/10/07/recording.sues.idg/
(15) CNN.com - Recording, movie industries sue Napster progeny - October 7, 2001 " (RIAA), along with the major Hollywood studios, is now launching attacks against popular file-swapping services MusicCity, KaZaA, Morpheus and Grokster." http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/10/07/recording.sues.idg/index.html
(16) CNN.com - After Napster: Boys will be file-swappers - October 11, 2001 " In fact, the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America teamed up to sue the operators of Morpheus and KaZaA, as well as MusicCity and Grokster earlier this month." http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/11/file.swapping.idg/index.html europe.cnn.com *****
(17) CNN.com - MusicCity.com site crashes - Mar. 5, 2002 "A Kazaa.com spokeswoman explained that because the three FastTrack-enabled companies, MusicCity, Kazaa and Grokster, ran on the same code, users of any of the three could share files with each other in the past." http://europe.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/03/05/musiccity/
(18) CNN.com - Recording, movie industries sue Napster progeny - October 7, 2001 " (RIAA), along with the major Hollywood studios, is now launching attacks against popular file-swapping services MusicCity, KaZaA, Morpheus and Grokster." http://europe.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/10/07/recording.sues.idg/index.html
(19) CNN.com - After Napster: Boys will be file-swappers - October 11, 2001 " In fact, the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America teamed up to sue the operators of Morpheus and KaZaA, as well as MusicCity and Grokster earlier this month." http://europe.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/11/file.swapping.idg/index.html money.cnn.com *****
(20) MusicCity.com site crashes - Mar. 5, 2002 "A Kazaa.com spokeswoman explained that because the three FastTrack-enabled companies, MusicCity, Kazaa and Grokster, ran on the same code, users of any of the three could share files with each other in the past." http://money.cnn.com/2002/03/05/technology/musiccity/ superdownloads.com.br *****
(22) TIME.com: The Pirates of Prime Time "...sharing services called Grokster and Kazaa. While it may be O.K. to copy a show for yourself on the VCR, ""it's not O.K. to start sending it around and file sharing,"" warns Jack Valenti, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. The first legal face-off begins March 4 with a hearing on the Morpheus case in federal district court in Los Angeles." http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,203498,00.html networkingfiles.com *****
(23) NetworkingFiles.com - File Sharing - Grokster 1.6 "Grokster 1.6 - Grokster is the latest generation of file sharing software. The Grokster generation of file sharing presents these exciting features: Free: Grokster is 100% free to use. Peer-to-Peer: True person to person file searches and transfers. Fast Searches: Unlike Gnutella type programs, Grokster's SuperNode technology provides for very fast searches." http://www.networkingfiles.com/FileShar/Grokster.htm download32.com *****
(24) Grokster File Sharing "Grokster File Sharing - 1.6 - by GroksterGrokster is the next generation file sharing program. Includes full auto resume, download/upload bandwidth control and great user interface!" http://www.download32.com/proghtml/292/29271.htm wildthink.net *****
(25) WILDTHINK.NET - GROKSTER "...esempio con me) i tuoi emmepitrè... - Grokster License Agreement Legal Notice and Terms of Service Use of the Grokster software and the Service is provided by Grokster, subject to the notices, terms, and conditions set forth below and on the Grokster client and Grokster web sites, including, but not limited to those in the Grokster License Agreement, the Terms of Service (as set forth below), and the Grokster Repeat Copyright Offender Policy (as set forth below). We may..." http://www.wildthink.net/wildthink/grokster/ widgette.com *****
(26) MP3 Peer-to-peer music sharing software -- Kazaa, MusicCity and Grokster and other FastTrack music.. "Page title: MP3 Peer-to-peer music sharing software -- Kazaa, MusicCity and Grokster and other FastTrack music software are not recommended due to the adware, spyware and malware." http://widgette.com/webnoize/ essjayar.co.uk *****
(27) Napster Alternatives "Top Programs ProgramNetworkMore Info GroksterFastTrackClick Here KazaaFastTrackClick Here MorpheusFastTrackClick Here BearShareGnutellaClick Here WinMXOpenNapClick Here CuteFTPFTPClick Here mIRCIRCClick Here PeopleSoundWebClick Here" http://www.essjayar.co.uk/music/index.html noticias.com *****
(28) KaZaA, Grokster y LimeWire admiten haber enviado troyanos a sus usuarios - Noticias.com "KaZaA, Grokster y LimeWire admiten haber enviado troyanos a sus usuarios" http://www.noticias.com/noticias/2002/0201/n02010725.htm micro.uoregon.edu *****
(29) Uninstalling Grokster for Windows "Uninstalling Grokster for Windows - A ""Grokster"" dialog window will pop up. The default value ""Automatic"" for the ""Uninstall Method"" should be left as is. To uninstall Grokster click the ""Next >"" button." http://micro.uoregon.edu/filesharing/uninstall/groksterwindows.html berg.heim.at *****
(31) Grokster and Voodoo "Like its two cousins above, Grokster will be a free service, though how they plan to generate income on the serverless network is not yet known (advertising probably). Grokster does not offer anything that Kazaa and Morpheus don't already offer so you may want to wait to see how it evolves before you choose it over programs that have had more time to work out their bugs. That said, the biggest incentive to seek out Grokster over the most recent version of Kazaa is that Grokster does not..." http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/newp2p.html dimensionsmagazine.com *****
(33) Download.com "Downloads: 6,815 Publisher: Desktop Solution Center Date added: August 14, 2002 File size: 1.59MB; Clock this download License: Free to try; $7.50 to buy Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Kazaa, Grokster Uninstaller included?: Yes" http://download.com.com/3000-2071-10135012.html
(34) Download.com "Downloads: 52,521 Publisher: Skidmonk Industries Date added: July 26, 2002 File size: 622K; Clock this download License: Free to try; $1.00 to buy Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, KaZaA Media Desktop 1.50 or Grokster/Morpheus 1.90 Uninstaller included?: No" http://download.com.com/3000-2196-10125701.html
(37) Download.com " It works through the KaZaa/MusicCity/Grokster networks and is fully compatible with them. This allows giFT users to have access to over 600,000 other users. Note that this is the daemon portion of the program, and numerous frontends then access it.""" http://download.com.com/3000-2032-7229278.html
(38) Download.com "... Migration Tool - Description Automatically move your Morpheus v1.3 settings and partially completed files to Grokster v1.5 with this file migration tool. It allows you to import all your user information, preferences, and partially completed downloads from Morpheus to Grokster. Grokster will then automatically finish your partial downloads. If you have not installed Grokster, you will have the opportunity to do so during this process." http://download.com.com/3000-2166-9484201.html
(39) Download.com "CNET Downloads Windows Audio MP3 Search Tools Audiogalaxy to Grokster Migration Tool - Description This tool will import your shared folder list from Audiogalaxy to Grokster. It will not move or modify any of your existing files. If you have not installed Grokster, you will have the opportunity to do so during this process." http://download.com.com/3000-2166-10122088.html
(40) Download.com "CNET Downloads Windows Audio MP3 Search Tools Grokster - Description Grokster is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program that allows its users to share all types of digital files through its proprietary network. Grokster's features include family and virus controls to help filter out unwanted content; detailed search capabilities; resumeable downloads; file previews using Windows Media Player; and a built-in audio playlist. This latest version contains unspecified bug fixes." http://download.com.com/3000-2166-10118550.html
(41) Download.com "Description From the developer: ""Rockster is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program that works with and enhances the use of Gnutella and Grokster. Rockster installs and we prompt Grokster in case you dont already have this. Rockster rides along with these networks by making transfers much faster and much better! Users share all types of digital files. Rockster makes these networks rock!""" http://download.com.com/3000-2166-10107777.html
(42) Download.com " FileFreedom works seamlessly with your favorite file-sharing networks, such as Morpheus, Grokster, BearShare, KaZaA, LimeWire, and many more." http://download.com.com/3000-2166-10110717.html mp3downloadhq.com *****
(44) StockHouse Australia -- News -- News Briefs Foster Wheeler Secures Credit Facility smallcapcenter... "...leading provider of Web security services, today announced the launch of a special program to provide security solutions for users of Grokster, a leading peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program that allows its users to share all types of digital files through its proprietary network. Under this program, users are now offered the McAfee.com SecurityCenter free of charge, during the Grokster program installation process. Grokster is currently one of the world's fastest-growing P2P file..." http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=MCAF&newsid=1258207 news.bbc.co.uk *****
(46) BBC News | BUSINESS | 'Dutch Napster' wins reprieve "Morpheus MusicCity, KaZaA and the latter's US peer, Grokster, all enable ""peer-to-peer"" swapping, where the files are distributed around users' computers and don't need lists on a central server to bring the two together." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1899725.stm
(47) BBC News | BUSINESS | 'Dutch Napster' wins reprieve "Morpheus MusicCity, KaZaA and the latter's US peer, Grokster, all enable ""peer-to-peer"" swapping, where the files are distributed around users' computers and don't need lists on a central server to bring the two together." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1899725.stm
(48) BBC NEWS | Business | Record industry selects new target "The RIAA has already sued three other file-swapping companies, including Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks, Grokster and Kazaa, based in the Netherlands." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2121447.stm
(49) BBC NEWS | Business | Record industry selects new target "The RIAA has already sued three other file-swapping companies, including Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks, Grokster and Kazaa, based in the Netherlands." http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2121000/2121447.stm
(50) BBC News | BUSINESS | 'Dutch Napster' wins reprieve "Morpheus MusicCity, KaZaA and the latter's US peer, Grokster, all enable ""peer-to-peer"" swapping, where the files are distributed around users' computers and don't need lists on a central server to bring the two together." http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1899000/1899725.stm
(51) BBC News | BUSINESS | 'Dutch Napster' wins reprieve "Morpheus MusicCity, KaZaA and the latter's US peer, Grokster, all enable ""peer-to-peer"" swapping, where the files are distributed around users' computers and don't need lists on a central server to bring the two together." http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1899000/1899725.stm
(54) Techweb > Networking > Peer-To-Peer Survives The Hype> March 29, 2002 "The operators of Morpheus, Kazaa, and Grokster hoped Betamax could help them avoid a copyright lawsuit. They hoped in vain. P-To-P Taps The Enterprise - Network Computing" http://www.techweb.com/tech/network/20020329_networking smh.com.au *****
(55) smh.com.au - Technology "...case against file sharers Grokster and Streamcast to include Sharman. ""Aside from the fact that Sharman is yet to receive the amended complaint there are a number of issues to be addressed before we are required to answer the complaint. Sharman will, of course, vigorously defend from the outset,"" Sharman Networks chief executive Nikki Hemming said." http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/12/1026185112996.html
(56) smh.com.au - Technology "Cydoor Ads OnSoftware (ClickTillUWin): Delivered with KaZaA, iMesh and Net2Phone along with some older versions of LimeWire, BearShare and Grokster (among other programs), this installs a Trojan that monitors all websites visited, and transmits the information back to the developer, Cydoor." http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/12/1022982864714.html mp3-world.net *****
(57) mp3-world.net :: Filesharing :: Grokster "Im Prinzip handelt es bei Grokster um nichts anderes, als um eine Oberfläche für den Internet Explorer, die beim Starten aufgerufen wird. Als erstes muss man sich bei Grokster anmelden (Username, Passwort, eMail), wobei die eMail-Angabe zwar zwingend erforderlich ist, diese wird allerdings nicht abgeprüft. Die Bandbreite für Grokster lässt sich einstellen, so dass nicht die gesamte Bandbreite für Grokster ""draufgeht""." http://www.mp3-world.net/d/workshop/filesharing/grokster.shtml asia.cnet.com *****
(58) Judge OKs suit against Kazaa parent - News & Technology - CNETAsia " The suit named Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks, Grokster and Kazaa BV, the Netherlands-based company that originally created the Kazaa software." http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,39063508,00.htm
(59) Record labels mull suits against file-traders - News & Technology - CNETAsia " The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has successfully sued Napster and Audiogalaxy; it is continuing lawsuits against Madster (formerly known as Aimster), StreamCast Networks, Grokster and the company that created Kazaa. The industry group has said it intends to add Sharman Networks, which now operates the Kazaa network, to that list." http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/applications/0,39001094,39061241,00.htm
(60) Music industry sounds off on CD burning - News & Technology - CNETAsia " In addition, the industry has filed lawsuits targeting peer-to-peer file-swapping services including Audiogalaxy and the distributors of Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster. A suit against Napster was put on hold after the company filed for bankruptcy protection." http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,39047656,00.htm
(61) Record industry sues Audiogalaxy - News & Technology - CNETAsia "The RIAA also has copyright suits pending against Napster, StreamCast Networks and its Morpheus software, Amsterdam-based Kazaa BV, West Indies-based Grokster, MP3Board and Madster (formerly known as Aimster)." http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,39045639,00.htm
(62) Kazaa, Morpheus legal case collapsing - News & Technology - CNETAsia "Netherlands-based Kazaa BV, which created the file-swapping technology underlying Kazaa, Grokster and earlier versions of Morpheus, is conceding defeat--although its founders already appear to have started another near-identical company. Meanwhile, StreamCast is losing a high-powered attorney with a winning track record against the music companies in court." http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/personaltech/0,39001147,39045339,00.htm
(63) Hackers turn tables on file-swapping - News & Technology - CNETAsia "He's done Grokster and iMesh. And he's not alone. His work, now available through the Grokster and iMesh networks themselves, joins that of other programmers who have previously ""cleaned"" programs such as Kazaa and Audiogalaxy in a campaign against ""adware"" and ""spyware.""" http://asia.cnet.com/sg/0,39002190,39040248,00.htm
(64) Kazaa steps out of the shadows - News & Technology - CNETAsia " StreamCast Networks and Grokster, two companies that initially shared the Dutch file-swapping technology, also are being sued." http://asia.cnet.com/sg/0,39002190,39039856,00.htm filesharing-software.de *****
(66) The week in review: Quit copying - Tech News - CNET.com " The suit named Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks, Grokster and Kazaa BV, the Netherlands-based company that originally created the Kazaa software." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-943524.html
(67) Record labels mull suits against file-traders - Tech News - CNET.com " The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has successfully sued Napster and Audiogalaxy; it is continuing lawsuits against Madster (formerly known as Aimster), StreamCast Networks, Grokster and the company that created Kazaa. The industry group has said it intends to add Sharman Networks, which now operates the Kazaa network, to that list." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-941547.html
(68) AOL fills online bargain bin with new music - Tech News - CNET.com "Regardless of such efforts, the market for charging people any amount for music files remains uncertain, given the popularity of file-swapping services such as Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster that offer a wider selection of songs that can be downloaded for free. The recording industry's legal battles have lead to the closure of file-swapping pioneer Napster; the labels now are suing other services including Morpheus and Grokster." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-937181.html
(69) AIM+ creators delete "spyware" feature - Tech News - CNET.com " Kazaa, Grokster and Limewire have all been found to have functions that forward personal information about the consumer and the use of the program to their creators." http://news.com.com/2100-1040-933576.html
(70) Music industry sounds off on CD burning - Tech News - CNET.com " In addition, the industry has filed lawsuits targeting peer-to-peer file-swapping services including Audiogalaxy and the distributors of Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster. A suit against Napster was put on hold after the company filed for bankruptcy protection." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-935120.html
(71) The week in review: Playing for keeps - Tech News - CNET.com " Netherlands-based Kazaa BV, which created the file-swapping technology underlying Kazaa, Grokster and earlier versions of Morpheus, is conceding defeat--although its founders already appear to have started another near-identical company." http://news.com.com/2100-1040-922883.html
(72) Hackers turn tables on file-swapping firms - Tech News - CNET.com "He's done Grokster and iMesh. And he's not alone. His work, now available through the Grokster and iMesh networks themselves, joins that of other programmers who have previously ""cleaned"" programs such as Kazaa and Audiogalaxy in a campaign against ""adware"" and ""spyware.""" http://news.com.com/2100-1023-891724.html
(73) Kazaa steps out of the shadows - Tech News - CNET.com " StreamCast Networks and Grokster, two companies that initially shared the Dutch file-swapping technology, also are being sued." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-890197.html
(75) Excerpt from Brilliant Digital Entertainment's Annual Report - Tech News - CNET.com " Blastoise is owned and operated by the developers of the FastTrack P2P technology, the underlying technology which operates the KaZaA and Grokster P2P networks. Blastoise owns the rights to the FastTrack technology. Pursuant to our agreement, Blastoise acquired 49% of the outstanding common stock of Altnet." http://news.com.com/2009-1023-873905.html
(76) Ruling bolsters file-traders' prospects - Tech News - CNET.com "Dutch company Kazaa BV distributes the FastTrack file-swapping software used by Grokster and Sharman Networks' service, and formerly by MusicCity's Morpheus. The company is also being sued in the United States, along with Grokster and MusicCity." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-870396.html
(77) eBay: Oscars bring out the bootleggers - Tech News - CNET.com "The company, which monitors online piracy activities, said it recorded 3.6 billion downloads in January on the most popular file-sharing sites including Morpheus, Grokster and Kazaa." http://news.com.com/2100-1017-861324.html
(78) Outage points to depth of P2P arsenal - Tech News - CNET.com " Download.com reported strong interest in second-tier services last week, including 382,000 downloads for iMesh; 214,487 for BearShare; 205,274 for LimeWire; 161,152 for Grokster; and 105,339 for Audiogalaxy. Even Napster, the former king of file swapping, drew 7,812 downloads for a test version of a promised new service." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-854085.html
(79) Morpheus network goes open source - Tech News - CNET.com "Morpheus users had previously formed the largest group of a three-part file-swapping network, which included members using Kazaa Media Desktop and Grokster software. All three services used technology licensed from Kazaa BV. The services formed a poolof member computers from which anyone could search for songs or other files." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-849867.html
(80) Napster court win puts labels in spotlight - Tech News - CNET.com " The labels, along with the big movie studios, are suing Napster successor Streamcast--distributor of the popular Morpheus software--as well as overseas file-swapping companies Kazaa and Grokster." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-843521.html
(81) Kazaa picks up the speed with update - Tech News - CNET.com " In October, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sued Kazaa and other popular file-swapping services Morpheus and Grokster. The suit alleged the services were aiding copyright infringement." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-834342.html
(82) EFF supports MusicCity in brief - Tech News - CNET.com "...swapping services Kazaa and Grokster in an attempt to prevent people from trading copies of music and films over the Web. In November, the EFF, which has represented hackers, cryptographers and computer scientists in its push for digital rights, agreed to defend MusicCity. StreamCast Networks, which is based in Nashville, maintains the Morpheus software and MusicCity.com Web site." http://news.com.com/2110-1023-820478.html
(83) Popular file-trader halts software downloads - Tech News - CNET.com "Kazaa, like StreamCast Networks' Morpheus and Grokster, is being sued in the United States for contributing to copyright infringement, much as Napster originally was." http://news.com.com/2110-1023-817147.html theage.com.au *****
(84) Universal Music Group puts library online - theage.com.au "Peer-to-peer music exchanges like Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster are forcing the record companies to change. CD sales fell four per cent in the United States in 2001, mostly due to piracy, the industry says." http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/09/1026185039253.html
(85) theage.com.au - The Age "The entertainment industry's suit against Kazaa and co-defendants Grokster and MusicCity.com, operator of the Morpheus service, is seen as its next battle against Internet music-swapping sites after music labels succeeded in shutting down Napster Inc." http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/23/1022038456180.html
(86) Internet Hydra winning war against music industry - theage.com.au "Sites such as KaZaA, Gnutella, Grokster, AudioGalaxy and Morpheus are under legal threat but continue to handle millions of file-swaps a month." http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/28/1019441323421.html
(87) theage.com.au - The Age "Those named in the action are MusicCity.com, MusicCity Networks, which runs on the market-leading Morpheus file-sharing software, Grokster, LTD, and Consumer Empowerment BV, also known as FastTrack, which operates the KaZaA service. A spokeswoman for the MPAA confirmed that all their legal actions were going ahead." http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/08/1015365747636.html timesofindia.indiatimes.com *****
(88) Universal Music to put library online - The Times of India "...like Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster are forcing the record companies to change. CD sales fell 4 percent in the United States in 2001, mostly due to piracy, the industry says. With 90 million consumers already downloading free music files, the industry has ``no choice'' but to adapt, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), co-chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus, told attendees of a music conference in New York Monday. To battle the peer-to-peer sites the five major recording firms should offer..." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=15557247 businessweek.com *****
(89) BusinessWeek Online: News from C|Net.com " The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has successfully sued Napster and Audiogalaxy; it is continuing lawsuits against Madster (formerly known as Aimster), StreamCast Networks, Grokster and the company that created Kazaa. The industry group has said it intends to add Sharman Networks, which now operates the Kazaa network, to that list." http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/941547.htm
(90) BusinessWeek Online: News from C|Net.com "Dutch company Kazaa BV distributes the FastTrack file-swapping software used by Grokster and Sharman Networks' service, and formerly by MusicCity's Morpheus. The company is also being sued in the United States, along with Grokster and MusicCity." http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/9502266.htm
(91) BW Online | February 21, 2002 | Napster's Sons: Singing a Different Tune "...include West Indies-based Grokster and Nashville-based Streamcast. The latter has distributed more than 60 million copies of its Morpheus file-sharing software. ""PIRATICAL BAZAAR"". The RIAA lawsuit claims that, like music-trading pioneer Napster, the companies ""have created a 21st century piratical bazaar,"" providing a tool to quickly and easily exchange copyrighted audio and video. The plaintiffs seek a permanent injunction to shut down the services as well as penalties of $150,000 for..." http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2002/nf20020221_6377.htm
(92) BW Online | January 3, 2002 | An Unwanted Gift for Free File-Swappers "...to-peer services such as Grokster may now be on millions of hard drives - Like thousands of other music lovers, Scott Hurring recently downloaded a Napster-like music file-sharing program called Grokster to test drive for chasing tunes. A programmer at advertising services agency Graphic Type and a Net veteran, Hurring disliked the program and uninstalled it. Or so he thought. On Dec. 27, he noticed a small program titled ""DLDER.exe"" on his hard drive. Hurring studied the program and..." http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf2002013_5627.htm
(93) BusinessWeek Online: News from C|Net.com "Kazaa faces suits in both the Netherlands and the United States, where it was sued along with Grokster and MusicCity by the record industry and Hollywood studios." http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/8245314.htm guardian.co.uk *****
(94) Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Spies at liberty in your PC """Several file-sharing companies, including Grokster, Bearshare, LimeWire and KaZaA, bundled a product called ClickTillUWin, which several anti-virus manufacturers classified as a trojan horse. Their response? 'We didn't know.' Neither Cydoor Technologies, who distributed the trojan to the file-sharing companies, nor any of the file-sharing companies, had performed even a preliminary inspection of the software to find out what it did.""" http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,744203,00.html
(95) Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Working the web: P2P technology " Meanwhile, Morpheus and Grokster, two companies that use a much more decentralised system to allow the sharing of any type of file, and not just MP3s, are in court on March 4 under the same charges. Their defence, however, is a lot more radical. Because, they say, their network is not specifically for sharing music, if they are guilty of facilitating copyright theft, so must the internet Service providers, and the makers of multimedia software." http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,662854,00.html
(96) Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Net pirates turn sites on Hollywood "Those named in the action are MusicCity.com, MusicCity Networks, which runs on the market-leading Morpheus file-sharing software, Grokster, LTD, and Consumer Empowerment BV, also known as FastTrack, which operates the KaZaA service. Yesterday a spokeswoman for the MPAA confirmed that all their legal actions were going ahead." http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,655772,00.html
(97) Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Sound surfing sense "Recent figures show the number of people exchanging music simultaneously on the Amsterdam-based network Fast Track, available using programs such as Morpheus, KaZaA and Grokster, now exceeds Napster at its peak." http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,617521,00.html branchez-vous.com *****
(98) BRANCHEZ-VOUS! - Dossier Musique: Napster, Grokster, Kazaa, Morpheus et cie "Napster, Grokster, Kazaa, Morpheus et cie Le «ph nom ne Napster», bas sur la gratuit , doit faire place un Napster payant en 2002. En attendant, d'autres logiciels gratuits ont pris sa place et facilitent l' change de fichiers musicaux entre les internautes." http://www.branchez-vous.com/dossier/actualite/04-312301.html
(102) TechTV | Grokster "...to promote major artists, Grokster's main goal is to help unsigned artists promote themselves. The company intends to prominently display information about unsigned artists on the home page of the Grokster client. At this point, all a band needs if it wants to get on Grokster is a hunger for exposure. Grokster expects no monetary compensation from unsigned bands, and wants to champion underground, independent, or otherwise obscure artists." http://www.techtv.com/audiofile/musictech/story/0,23008,3341674,00.html
(103) TechTV | Grokster "...to promote major artists, Grokster's main goal is to help unsigned artists promote themselves. The company intends to prominently display information about unsigned artists on the home page of the Grokster client. At this point, all a band needs if it wants to get on Grokster is a hunger for exposure. Grokster expects no monetary compensation from unsigned bands, and wants to champion underground, independent, or otherwise obscure artists." http://www.techtv.com/audiofile/jump/0,23009,3342095,00.html vh1.com *****
(104) VH1.com : News : Settlement Means Audiogalaxy's Universe Of Free Songs Will Shrink "Similar copyright infringement lawsuits are still pending against other peer-to-peer file-sharers Morpheus, Kazaa, Grokster and MP3Board. One against Madster (formerly Aimster) has been stayed due to the company filing for bankruptcy. A court hearing in the case against MusicCity properties Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster to determine scope of discovery, when both sides present evidence and facts they wish to enter into the case, is scheduled for early July." http://www.vh1.com/news/stories/1455280.jhtml
(105) VH1.com : News : Morpheus Shutdown Shows Plug Can Be Pulled On Peer-To-Peer "Software like Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster was thought to be shielded from the kind of plug-pulling that brought down Napster in July. Unlike Napster — which cataloged its available files on a central server that, if disabled, rendered the program impotent — these applications operate on a peer-to-peer system, meaning users trade files directly, without a server between them." http://www.vh1.com/thewire/content/news/1452798.jhtml
(106) VH1.com : News : Labels' Online Music Services Nearly Ready, But Will People Pay "The industry's legal fight to stop rogue file-trading entered another round last week when a slew of record companies and movie studios sued Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster, accusing them of facilitating the trading of unauthorized music and video files (see ""Record Industry Sues Morpheus And Other Decentralized File-Sharing Services""). The suit is similar to the one filed in December 1999 against Napster, which resulted this year in the shutdown of that once wildly popular service." http://www.vh1.com/thewire/content/news/1449881.jhtml webhomer.de *****
(107) grokster "...aktuelle Blockbuster, Moviez und MP3s aus den Charts kostenlos downloaden. - Download: Grokster Autor: Grokster, LTD BS: Windows Grösse: differiert Preis:Freeware Wertung: sehr gut Release: 09.11.2001 - Grokster - aus dem Hause FastTrack Grokster ist das dritte Filesharing-Tool aus der norwegischen Softwareschmiede FastTrack. Wie Morpheus und Kazaa bauen sie auf der dezentralen Peer 2 Peer L sung auf die dem Gnutella-Protokoll hnelt und greifen demzufolge auch auf die selben..." http://webhomer.de/filesharing/grokster.shtml winsite.com *****
(108) Welcome to WinSite! The place for shareware, demoware, trialware, tips, and utilities for your compu " SiSoftware Sandra (Unicode) System information, benchmarker, diagnostics Grokster File Sharing Grokster: Next Generation File Sharing Visit HotFiles@Winsite for more of the top downloads here at WinSite!" http://www.winsite.com/ internetnews.com *****
(109) Sony/Universal to Offer Discounted Downloads, Burning "The Sony/Universal move is not only an attempt to overshadow free file-swapping services such as Grokster, Kazaa, and Morpheus that propagate illegal file-swapping and CD-burning practices, but to increase the distribution blood flow between the Big Five music labels and the average online music consumer still willing to pay for music." http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/1366441
(110) The Fate of Online Music at Streaming Media "Digital piracy continues to thrive among peer-peer groups like Morpheus and Grokster, and nearly 1.2 billion blank CDs were purchased in the United States last year, far exceeding the annual purchase of prerecorded CDs." http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/1015761
(111) MPAA, RIAA Sue File-sharers "...Since Fasttrack provides the technology behind all of the defendants, the plaintiffs in this case will work them hardest, urging them to settle out of court by agreeing to shut down MusicCity and Grokster,"" Dube said. ""Even if that happens, they won't drop their case against MusicCity and Grokster because they need them as examples to set for others.""" http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3_897071
(112) The Fate of Online Music at Streaming Media "Digital piracy continues to thrive among peer-peer groups like Morpheus and Grokster, and nearly 1.2 billion blank CDs were purchased in the United States last year, far exceeding the annual purchase of prerecorded CDs." http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_1015761
(113) The Fate of Online Music at Streaming Media "Digital piracy continues to thrive among peer-peer groups like Morpheus and Grokster, and nearly 1.2 billion blank CDs were purchased in the United States last year, far exceeding the annual purchase of prerecorded CDs." http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_1015761,00.html
(114) MPAA, RIAA Sue File-sharers "...Since Fasttrack provides the technology behind all of the defendants, the plaintiffs in this case will work them hardest, urging them to settle out of court by agreeing to shut down MusicCity and Grokster,"" Dube said. ""Even if that happens, they won't drop their case against MusicCity and Grokster because they need them as examples to set for others.""" http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_897071,00.html zdnet.co.jp *****
(116) Media pirates dodge copyright rules -DAWN - International; 07 June, 2002 "Among similar networks, Grokster is based in Nevis in the West Indies, Blubster is in Spain and IMesh is in Israel. Movie and music companies are suing Kazaa and Grokster for copyright infringement, with a preliminary ruling expected this year." http://www.dawn.com/2002/06/07/int12.htm mi2n.com *****
(117) Mi2N - Music Industry News Network "Through the Grokster/FileFreedom partnership content owners will now have the ability to harness and monetize the power of P2P distribution. A copyright owner enters the Grokster community, registers his content for as little as $10, and through a simple set of online wizards, builds a profile (or a multiple of profiles) based upon age, gender, postal code and user tastes, and target markets his content directly to those users. The registered authorized content, graphic, marketing message..." http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=37640 news.independent.co.uk *****
(119) Battlefield of blockbusters -- The Washington Times " The New York Times reported on April 17 that "the music and movie industries are in federal district court in Los Angeles fighting three services — Kazaa (whose software is now distributed by Sharman Networks), Grokster, and Morpheus, from StramCast Media — that can be used to exchange not only music, but also films and other digital media." Thus far, the courts, at least in the United States, seem unified in trying to stop digital theft." http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020605-82169416.htm billboard.com *****
(120) Billboard.com "...sharing networks KaZaa, Grokster, and Morpheus are still pending. An Audiogalaxy spokesperson could not be reached for comment by deadline. -- Carolyn Horwitz, N.Y. The Village Voice has announced the lineup for its 2nd annual Siren Music Festival,to be held July 20 at Coney Island, N.Y." http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1501067
(121) Billboard.com "...popular Morpheus service; Grokster.com; and Fast Track. The suit mirrors one filed last month by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America, alleging that the sites lead to the unlawful exchange of music, movies, software, and images. Mike Stoller, one of the plaintiff songwriters, says the suit is attempting to underscore the notion that commercial businesses have a legal obligation to compensate songwriters for the use of their..." http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1115901 online.ie *****
(122) online.ie: Technology Channel - news, opinion, events, gadgets, site watch " In January this year, popular file-sharing software from Grokster and the Limewire Gnutella Client was found to harbour the DlDer Trojan, a spyware application which poses as a lottery game." http://www.online.ie/technology/viewer.adp?article=1744508
(123) online.ie: Technology Channel - news, opinion, events, gadgets, site watch "The news has triggered a backlash from users of networks such as KaZaA.com and Grokster that the partners in the scheme had failed to get their informed consent before the software was downloaded onto their PCs. In an interview with ZDNet, Brilliant'schief executive, Kevin Bermeister, has pledged to be more ""up front"" about the future downloads of Altnet or the activation of the network." http://www.online.ie/technology/viewer.adp?article=1709299
(124) online.ie: Technology " Napster's buyout deal with Bertelsmann is now on hold due to petty internal squabbles; and Grokster and Morpheus face extinction in the US courts at the hands of the litigation-happy Recording Industry Ass. of America and Motion Picture Ass. of America later this year." http://www.online.ie/tech/tech_news/viewer.adp?article=1700794
(125) online.ie: Technology Channel - news, opinion, events, gadgets, site watch " Napster's buyout deal with Bertelsmann is now on hold due to petty internal squabbles; and Grokster and Morpheus face extinction in the US courts at the hands of the litigation-happy Recording Industry Ass. of America and Motion Picture Ass. of America later this year." http://www.online.ie/technology/viewer.adp?article=1700794
(126) online.ie: Technology "In October, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a lawsuit against KaZaA, as well as peer-to-peer MP3 file sharing services MusicCity and Grokster, which use FastTrack's code. A lawsuit was lodged in the Netherlands by a music copyright protection agency, Buma/Stemra." http://www.online.ie/tech/tech_news/viewer.adp?article=1651950
(127) online.ie: Technology Channel - news, opinion, events, gadgets, site watch "In October, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a lawsuit against KaZaA, as well as peer-to-peer MP3 file sharing services MusicCity and Grokster, which use FastTrack's code. A lawsuit was lodged in the Netherlands by a music copyright protection agency, Buma/Stemra." http://www.online.ie/technology/viewer.adp?article=1651950
(128) online.ie: Technology " FastTrack's code is also used by MusicCity and Grokster, both of which saw a total of 1.81 billion files swapped in October alone, market watcher Webnoize has reported. Grokster and MusicCity were both named in the RIAA and MPAA lawsuits last month. " http://www.online.ie/tech/tech_news/viewer.adp?article=1594584
(130) The Day the Napster Died " Napster may have been like a shooting star that galvanized the digital world for a brief moment, but his legacy will live on with services like Grokster and Kazaa." http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,52540,00.html
(131) The Day the Napster Died " Napster may have been like a shooting star that galvanized the digital world for a brief moment, but his legacy will live on with services like Grokster and Kazaa." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52540,00.html
(132) The Day the Napster Died " Napster may have been like a shooting star that galvanized the digital world for a brief moment, but his legacy will live on with services like Grokster and Kazaa." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52540,00.html
(133) XP Updates Start to P.O. Users """Windows XP has all these severe anti-piracy features built-in, yet the company is putting out patches to make sure that Kazaa and Grokster works well with XP,"" said Nicky Caldone, an attorney. ""Call it what you will, file-sharing apps are all about pirating.""" http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52108,00.html
(134) Morpheus' File-Trading Fiasco "Morpheus, part of an international file-sharing network along with Kazaa and Grokster, had been using version 1.3 of Fast Track, a technology licensed by Consumer Empowerment of the Netherlands." http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50725,00.html
(135) Gnutella: File-Sharing Haven "Troubles with the FastTrack network -- formerly made up of Kazaa, Morpheus and Grokster -- started last week when the Dutch company that licenses FastTrack denied Morpheus a software upgrade. Morpheus users could no longer log into the system. That set off a flurry of activity that caused Kazaa.com, one of the main distributor of FastTrack, to crash." http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,50858,00.html
(136) Pressplay Arrives in Music Fog "MusicCity and Grokster license FastTrack, a software application from Consumer Empowerment that transforms each individual user's hard drive into a server. While Napster could be closed by shutting down the centralized servers, these new networks can only be taken down by removing every user from the network. All three firms are named in the lawsuits." http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,49934,00.html
(137) The Kazaa Ruling: What It Means "Three other companies -- Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster -- are staring down similar suits in a Los Angeles federal court." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51457,00.html
(138) News Corp. Exec Blasts P2P Piracy "Chernin said the media industry must play a more active role in educating youths about the legal implications of using peer-to-peer networks such as Grokster and Morpheus Music City to trade music and movie files." http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,50798,00.html
(143) Kazaa: A Copyright Conundrum " The problem for the FIAA and the MPAA is that the system is run by three independent companies in three countries: Streamcast Networks in the United States, Kazaa BV in the Netherlands and Grokster in the West Indies." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50788,00.html
(144) Jury to Hear File-Trading Case "Judge Stephen Wilson denied a motion for dismissal by Streamcast Networks, Kazaa BV and Grokster. He also denied a motion for summary judgment made by the music, movie and publishing industries." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50836,00.html
(145) Gnutella: File-Sharing Haven "Troubles with the FastTrack network -- formerly made up of Kazaa, Morpheus and Grokster -- started last week when the Dutch company that licenses FastTrack denied Morpheus a software upgrade. Morpheus users could no longer log into the system. That set off a flurry of activity that caused Kazaa.com, one of the main distributor of FastTrack, to crash." http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,50858,00.html
(146) News Corp. Exec Blasts P2P Piracy "Chernin said the media industry must play a more active role in educating youths about the legal implications of using peer-to-peer networks such as Grokster and Morpheus Music City to trade music and movie files." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50798,00.html
(147) Morpheus' File-Trading Fiasco "Morpheus, part of an international file-sharing network along with Kazaa and Grokster, had been using version 1.3 of Fast Track, a technology licensed by Consumer Empowerment of the Netherlands." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,50725,00.html
(148) Kazaa Sells Site, Software "Included in the sale are the website, the Kazaa name and logo, as well as a license for FastTrack, a file-sharing technology that it licenses to other file swapping services, such as Grokster and Morpheus." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,49894,00.html
(149) Pressplay Arrives in Music Fog "MusicCity and Grokster license FastTrack, a software application from Consumer Empowerment that transforms each individual user's hard drive into a server. While Napster could be closed by shutting down the centralized servers, these new networks can only be taken down by removing every user from the network. All three firms are named in the lawsuits." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,49934,00.html
(150) Pressplay Arrives in Music Fog "MusicCity and Grokster license FastTrack, a software application from Consumer Empowerment that transforms each individual user's hard drive into a server. While Napster could be closed by shutting down the centralized servers, these new networks can only be taken down by removing every user from the network. All three firms are named in the lawsuits." http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,49934,00.html
(151) Kazaa Sells Site, Software "Included in the sale are the website, the Kazaa name and logo, as well as a license for FastTrack, a file-sharing technology that it licenses to other file swapping services, such as Grokster and Morpheus." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49894,00.html
(152) Trojan' Company Changes Horses "Users of some versions of file-sharing applications BearShare, LimeWire, Kazaa and Grokster noticed in late December that a small program called ""Dlder"" had been installed on their computers without their permission. The program appeared to be trying to track which websites they viewed and reporting that information to a Web server." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49561,00.html
(153) What They Know Could Hurt You "A Trojan horse program masquerading as an advertising application was included with recent versions of programs BearShare, LimeWire, Kazaa and Grokster. The Trojan, dubbed ""W32.Dlder.Trojan"" by antiviral companies, is contained within an application called ""ClickTillUWin"" which promises users a chance to win prizes." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,49430,00.html
(154) Napster Still Playing, in Court "The RIAA and movie industry's equivalent, the Motion Picture Association of America, sued MusicCity.com, Grokster, and Consumer Empowerment. These companies have either developed or distributed software that makes each individual person's hard drive act as a server, allowing people to trade music, movies, and other files." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,48982,00.html
(155) Napster Still Playing, in Court "The RIAA and movie industry's equivalent, the Motion Picture Association of America, sued MusicCity.com, Grokster, and Consumer Empowerment. These companies have either developed or distributed software that makes each individual person's hard drive act as a server, allowing people to trade music, movies, and other files." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48982,00.html
(156) P2P Fans Predict Rebound "WASHINGTON -- Napster is moribund, MusicCity and Grokster are fighting for their lives in court and entertainment industry lawyers seem to be just getting started." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,48231,00.html
(157) P2P Fans Predict Rebound "WASHINGTON -- Napster is moribund, MusicCity and Grokster are fighting for their lives in court and entertainment industry lawyers seem to be just getting started." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48231,00.html
(158) File Trading Sites in Crosshairs "The Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America filed copyright infringement lawsuits in California federal district court Wednesday against MusicCity.com, Grokster and Consumer Empowerment." http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,47296,00.html premium.news.yahoo.com *****
(159) Yahoo! News - Music Software Users Installed Tracking Program Unknowingly Music Software Users... "...companies that produce LimeWire, Grokster and KaZaA have since posted new versions of software, without tracking program; about 150,000; about 150,000 LimeWire users and up to 50,000 Grokster users downloaded ClickTillUWin last month when they obtained new or upgraded versions of file-sharing software; few hundred thousand people got it through KaZaA; tracking program in question links Internet users to online sweepstakes game; Mike Calderone, president of Strategic Advertising Services..." http://premium.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nytp/20020105/994090&.bail=http%3a%2f%2fpremium.news.yahoo.com%2frd%3fr%3dgrokster
(160) Yahoo! News - TECHNOLOGY; A New Suit Against Online Music Sites TECHNOLOGY; A New Suit Against... Si " 3 - More than 30 music and film studios file copyright-infringement lawsuit aimed at new generation of music- and movie-sharing Internet sites, including MusicCity.com, Grokster and Consumer Empowerment BV; MusicCity, subsidiary of Screamcast, says it will vigorously contest lawsuit (M)" http://premium.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nytp/20011004/491160&.bail=http%3a%2f%2fpremium.news.yahoo.com%2frd%3fr%3dgrokster nzherald.co.nz *****
(164) New Zealand News - Technology - Two cheers for new Napster and its fees "Out of the mouths of nu-metallers System of a Down or synth-pop kings New Order, both of whom are well represented on renegade file swapping services such as Gnutella and Grokster, it would have been greeted one of two ways - with a rebellious roar ofapproval or guilty silence." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=787310&thesection=technology&thesubsection=web-column
(166) New Zealand News - Technology - Free music hits wrong chord with industry "Latest figures from the United States research firm Webnoize appear to back the claim - showing Napster replacements KaZaA (www.kazaa.com), Grokster (www.grokster.com) and Morpheus's Music City (www.musiccity.com) together transferred 1.81 billion files last month." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=232880&thesection=technology&thesubsection=web-column
(169) IHT: 2d-generation Napsters defy recording industry "...three services - Kazaa, Grokster and Morpheus from Streamcast Networks Inc." http://www.iht.com/articles/55080.html content.techweb.com *****
(170) Techweb > Networking > Peer-To-Peer Survives The Hype> March 29, 2002 "The operators of Morpheus, Kazaa, and Grokster hoped Betamax could help them avoid a copyright lawsuit. They hoped in vain. P-To-P Taps The Enterprise - Network Computing" http://content.techweb.com/tech/networking/20020329_networking globeandmail.ca *****
(172) money.telegraph.co.uk - City Comment "...networks like Gnutella.com and Grokster.com, with no centralised operation to attack, had taken over. EMI has yet to work out how to tax them. The worry is that they never will, that the internet is the natural distribution to the natural buyers ofnew music, and that having got into the habit of getting it free, they will never pay. The CD suddenly looks as dated as a piece of vinyl. Barrett demonstrates what capitalism's goal really is | Kingfisher chairman has an albatross round his..." http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2002/03/21/comm21.xml&sSheet=/money/2002/03/21/ixcoms.html
(174) KaZaa not liable for copying acts "KaZaa BV created FastTrack, the technology underlying a network formed by peer-to-peer programs KaZaa Media Desktop and Grokster. A third company, MusicCity Networks Inc., also licensed FastTrack but has switched to another technology." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/29/BU21044.DTL
(175) Australian company buys KaZaa, puts Napster-like service back on Internet "KaZaa BV created FastTrack, the underlying online file-sharing technology used for the Media Desktop and licensed for use in two other programs: Morpheus, by Tennessee's MusicCity Networks Inc.; and Grokster, from a firm in the West Indies." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/22/BU126150.DTL
(176) Australian company buys KaZaa, puts Napster-like service back on Internet "KaZaa BV created FastTrack, the underlying online file-sharing technology used for the Media Desktop and licensed for use in two other programs: Morpheus, by Tennessee's MusicCity Networks Inc.; and Grokster, from a firm in the West Indies." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/22/BU126150.DTL&type=tech
(177) For-a-fee music sites emerge / Attempts to fill gap left by Napster " Former Napsterites, their faith unbowed, have gravitated to other free services not yet shut down by the record industry and the courts: Grokster, Gnutella, MusicCity -- which uses the popular Morpheus software -- Aimster and Kazaa, to name a few." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/16/DD138358.DTL
(179) SF Gate: Technology: Web Guide SF Gate: Technology: Webguide "Time is running out for sites like Grokster that may very well suffer the same fate as Napster. Don't miss your chance to stockpile! INFO" http://www.sfgate.com/technology/webguide/
(180) MP3 lawyer defends Napster clone / Free speech advocates also back company " Grokster Inc. of the West Indies also licensed FastTrack, and Consumer Empowerment released its own version, called Kazaa. - Together, Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster are nearly as popular as Napster was at its peak. The RIAA-MPAA suit also names Consumer Empowerment and Grokster as defendants, although those companies have not announced their legal teams." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/08/BU126337.DTL&type=tech
(181) Use of Napster substitutes on rise "The file-sharing programs released by MusicCity Networks Inc., Grokster Ltd. - The suit seeks to stop MusicCity Networks of Franklin, Tenn., which released Morpheus, and Grokster Ltd. of the West Indies. Both MusicCity and Grokster licensed technology based on a program called KaZaa, developed by FastTrack of Amsterdam in the Netherlands." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/10/04/BU160641.DTL
(182) Use of Napster substitutes on rise "The file-sharing programs released by MusicCity Networks Inc., Grokster Ltd. - The suit seeks to stop MusicCity Networks of Franklin, Tenn., which released Morpheus, and Grokster Ltd. of the West Indies. Both MusicCity and Grokster licensed technology based on a program called KaZaa, developed by FastTrack of Amsterdam in the Netherlands." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/10/04/BU160641.DTL&type=tech informationweek.com *****
(183) InformationWeek > Online Music Sharing > Betamax Defense Won't Cut It For Music-Swapping Site... "...sites Morpheus, Kazaa, and Grokster had hoped a defunct technology--Betamax--could help them avoid a copyright lawsuit from the music and movie industries. They argued that they couldn't be held responsible if people employed their peer-to-peer file-sharing software for purposes other than ""substantial, non-infringing use""--that is, to swap Britney Spears songs rather than the latest numbers from local garage bands. But a federal judge disagreed, and on Monday he refused to throw out their..." http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020305S0011
(184) InformationWeek > > New Battle Begins Over File-Sharing Programs > November 30, 2001 "...sister programs Morpheus and Grokster, is based on technology from the Dutch company FastTrack. Unlike Napster, which allowed users to share music files through a directory that resided on its own computers, the FastTrack technology uses a distributed network, with no central servers to shut down or restrict. ""It's not even clear to me that [the judge's] order is feasible,"" says Aram Sinnreich, analyst at Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. ""Unlike Napster, there's no centralized information server..." http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011130S0055
(185) InformationWeek > Online Movie Distribution > What The Movie Industry Can Learn From Napster >..., 2 " Originally a Napster phenomenon, Initially restricted by limited bandwidth, the sharing of movie files now happens with regular frequency on Napster clones like Grokster, KaZaA , and Music City, all of which run on the peer-to-peer network operated by Dutch company FastTrack." http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011108S0010 allamedia.com *****
(187) KaZaA spelar vidare igen! - Allamedia.com "KaZaA och Grokster har ett gemensamt fildelningssystem FastTrack. FastTrack som skapats av företaget Consumer Empowerment förmedlar piratlåtar och piratfilmer. Consumer Empowerment, Kazaa och FastTrack skapades underledning av svensken Niklas Zennström. Musikindustrin (RIAA) och filmindustrin (MPAA) stämde redan i höstas dessa företag i USA. De anklagar Music City, KazaA och Grokster för att bryta mot upphovsrätten. Music City har använt FastTrack från början men bytte nyligen till..." http://www.allamedia.com/pcit/artikel_125.shtml
(188) Stämning mot Music City och Kazaa! - Allamedia.com "Musikindustrin (RIAA) och filmindustrin (MPAA) stämmer nu företagen Music City, Kazaa och Grokster. - Musikindustrin (RIAA) och filmindustrin (MPAA) stämmer nu företagen Music City, Kazaa och Grokster. Dessa tre företag har ett gemensamt fildelningssystem FastTrack där det förmedlas piratlåtar och piratfilmer. RIAA och MPAA har bland sina medlemmar alla stora företag i respektive bransch. De anklagar Music City, Kazaa och Grokster för att bryta mot upphovsrätten." http://www.allamedia.com/pcit/artikel_18.shtml
(189) Piratfilmer: Ökar kraftigt - Allamedia.com " Det går också att få tag på filmer via de Napster-liknande tjänsterna som Morpheus Music City, Kazaa, Gnutella, Grokster med flera. Morpheus Music City, Kazaa och Grokster har ett gemensamt fildelningssystem FastTrack där det förmedlas piratlåtar och piratfilmer. Tillsammans är de så stora att filmindustrin (MPAA) slog sig ihop med musikindustrin (RIAA) och stämde dessa tjänster nyligen." http://www.allamedia.com/pcit/artikel_56.shtml prnewswire.com *****
(191) Peer to Peer Exchange Network - Get Instant Access to the Distributed Networks "...including Morpheus, Kazaa, Grokster, Freenet, Bearshare, Limewire and more!) and get unlimited downloads. The combination of the FastTrack, Gnutella and Freenet networks results in access to terrabytes of shared files. A portion of each member's subscription is donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF is fighting the entertainment industry claims that peer to peer software has no significant purpose other than contributory copyright infringement." http://www.peertopeerexchange.org/ zive.cz *****
(192) Živì.cz - Autoøi Morphea: rozhodnì tam není žádná díra " Pak myslím , že Grokster vydal nìjakou opravu. Já mám Grokster už delší èas a ta situace se spywarem byla až nìjak poslední dobou. Spyware, ale nadále používá Gnutela, LimeWire a spousta dalších softù, ktery jsou free nebo schareware. Nìktery se pøi instalaci nainstalují automaticky aniž by o tom øekli uživateli. U slušnìjších programù se zeptají, jestli se mohou nainstalovat. Nejsem si jist, ale domnívám se, že touto cestou jde i Grokster. Ono se spoléhá na to, že pøi instalaci velká v..." http://www.zive.cz/H/Uzivatel/F.asp?ARI=104011&CAI=2111&HID=21 dallasnews.com *****
(194) GigAmerica-THE Artist Services Network "Check out the GigAmerica/ Grokster Artist of the Week! To be considered for the Artist of the week, you must be Really Good!" http://www.gigamerica.com/Band/pages/band_home.asp nypost.com *****
(195) NYPOST.COM Business: Technology MUSIC SITE KAZAA IS BOUGHT By LAUREN BARACK " The software is the underpinning for services like Grokster and Morpheus." http://www.nypost.com/technology/39549.htm newswire.ca *****
(196) e-celerate's Investment Traction Report "...LimeWire, Bear Share, iMESH, Grokster, Aimster, MusicCity, eDonkey 2000, as well as into content distribution deals with Icebox and KOCH Entertainment (the American A&R arm of KOCH International, one of the largest Independent music companies in the world). ""With the inclusion of these networks, J!VE- enabled content is now available to an audience of more than 17 million viewers,"" noted David Valliere, President and CEO of e-celerate." http://www.newswire.ca/releases/January2002/14/c2295.html chron.com *****
(197) HoustonChronicle.com - Computing: Music industry behind digital beat " Why should they, when free music is readily available through services such as MusicCity's Morpheus, Kazaa, LimeWire, Aimster and Grokster?" http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/headline/tech/1208692 systemlogic.net *****
(200) FOXNews.com "...companies that produce LimeWire, Grokster and KaZaA have since posted new versions of their software, absent the tracking program. LimeWire's maker also issued an apology. The tracking program in question links Internet users to an online sweepstakes game, ClickTillUWin. Players pick numbers and win cash prizes based on results in the Pennsylvania Lottery. The game is free, though users must first view an advertisement. The program collects information about sites visited over the past two..." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42251,00.html nando.com *****
(201) The Nando Times: Downloaded file-sharing applications included Web-tracking program "The companies that produce LimeWire, Grokster, and KaZaA have since posted new versions of their software, absent the tracking program. LimeWire's maker also issued an apology." http://www.nando.com/technology/story/211454p-2040268c.html news.cnet.com *****
(202) File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse - Tech News - CNET.com "Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of ""spyware"" bundled with Grokster and Limewire, two popular file-swapping downloads. The code evidently does not damage computers, but it surreptitiously sends personal information such as user ID names and the Internet address of computers to another Web address." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8335745.html?tag=ch_mh
(203) New year brings new wave of PC worms - Tech News - CNET.com "update Popular file-sharing programs Grokster and Limewire are privacy time bombs, say computer experts who found ""spyware"" bundled with the downloads." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-8335977-0.html?tag=ch_mh
(204) New year brings new wave of PC worms - Tech News - CNET.com "update Popular file-sharing programs Grokster and Limewire are privacy time bombs, say computer experts who found ""spyware"" bundled with the downloads." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-8335977-0.html
(205) New features planned for file swappers - Tech News - CNET.com " Together, Kazaa, MusicCity and Grokster offer access to the libraries of hundreds of thousands of people at a time, swapping copyrighted music, movies and software, as well as non-copyrighted material." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8291508.html?tag=ch_mh
(206) Kazaa plays on despite threat of fines - Tech News - CNET.com "Kazaa faces suits in both the Netherlands and the United States, where it was sued along with Grokster and MusicCity by the record industry and Hollywood studios." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8245314.html
(207) Kazaa plays on despite threat of fines - Tech News - CNET.com "Kazaa faces suits in both the Netherlands and the United States, where it was sued along with Grokster and MusicCity by the record industry and Hollywood studios." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8245314.html?tag=cd_mh
(208) Music publishers file new copyright suit - Tech News - CNET.com "The National Music Publisher's Association (NMPA), which represents the owners of most songs published in the United States, said it filed suit in Los Angeles federal court against the parent companies of file-swapping services MusicCity, Grokster andKazaa." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7935995.html?tag=cd_mh
(209) File-swapping case may break new ground - Tech News - CNET.com " But the EFF and other supporters argue that the suit, aimed at the popular MusicCity, Grokster and Kazaa networks, represents a clear instance of the entertainment industry trying to shut down a technology that has many uses--something the U.S. Supreme Court has stopped before." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7798704.html
(210) File-swapping case may break new ground - Tech News - CNET.com " But the EFF and other supporters argue that the suit, aimed at the popular MusicCity, Grokster and Kazaa networks, represents a clear instance of the entertainment industry trying to shut down a technology that has many uses--something the U.S. Supreme Court has stopped before." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7798704.html?tag=ch_mh
(211) FastTrack founder looks to legal future - Tech News - CNET.com "But, as of today, FastTrack licenses its technology to just three clients: the popular file-swapping services from Grokster, MusicCity and Zennstrom's own Kazaa, all of which have been named in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7820116.html
(212) FastTrack founder looks to legal future - Tech News - CNET.com "But, as of today, FastTrack licenses its technology to just three clients: the popular file-swapping services from Grokster, MusicCity and Zennstrom's own Kazaa, all of which have been named in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7820116.html?tag=ch_mh
(213) Kazaa files antitrust suit - Tech News - CNET.com " federal court in Los Angeles against Kazaa, Morpheus and Grokster, alleging copyright violations." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7474116.html
(214) Suit hits popular post-Napster network - Tech News - CNET.com "Adding a new challenge to their list of legal attacks, the record industry and Hollywood studios have joined forces to sue MusicCity, Kazaa and Grokster, which together form one of the most popular file-trading networks to spring up in Napster's wake." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7389552.html?tag=ch_mh zdnet.com *****
(215) News: File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse "Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of ""spyware"" bundled with Grokster and Limewire, two popular file-swapping downloads. The code evidently does not damage computers, but it surreptitiously sends personal information such as user ID names and the Internet address of computers to another Web address." http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101168,00.html ananova.com *****
(216) Ananova - Songwriters sue MusicCity over song-swap software "Two other companies - Grokster and Consumer Empowerment - are named in the action." http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_454817.html
(217) Ananova - Sons of Napster face lawsuit "The file-sharing system was developed by Amsterdam-based firm Consumer Empowerment, also known as FastTrack, and is licensed to MusicCity and Grokster." http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_415245.html canoe.ca *****
(218) CNEWS Tech News - File-sharing services sued " The suit names MusicCity Networks Inc., Grokster Ltd. and Consumer Empowerment BV as defendants - Amsterdam-based Consumer Empowerment BV, also known as FastTrack, developed the file-sharing software licensed to MusicCity and similar technology distributed by Grokster. Grokster operates from the island of Nevis in the West Indies." http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSTechNews0111/21_p2p-ap.html
(219) CNEWS Tech News - Recording industry sues 'next Napster' companies "Grokster and MusicCity license and distribute nearly identical peer-to-peer software that allows users to look for, trade and copy various computer files containing music, video and software content. MusicCity calls its version of the software ""Morpheus,"" while Grokster has named its version after the company." http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSTechNews0110/04_napster-ap.html chartattack.com *****
(220) MusicCity Next Target For Lawsuits "According to Mi2N, a copyright lawsuit was filed against MusicCity, Consumer Empowerment BV and Grokster yesterday by (among others) Famous Music, Peer International Corporation, Criterion Music and the songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (who have written classics like ""Stand By Me,"" ""Jailhouse Rock"" and ""Hound Dog.""" http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/11/2103.cfm livedaily.citysearch.com *****
(221) Briefly: Publishers file suit against MusicCity "The National Music Publishers' Association announced that a group of songwriters and music publishers, including Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (""Hound Dog,"" ""Stand by Me""), has filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against three music file-sharing services--MusicCity--which operates Morpheus--Consumer Empowerment BV, and Grokster." http://www.livedaily.citysearch.com/news/3990.html
(222) Briefly: Benefit to feature George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson "CNet.com reported that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have filed suit against MusicCity, Kazaa and Grokster, ""which together form one of the most popular file-trading networks to spring up in Napster's wake.""" http://www.livedaily.citysearch.com/news/3745.html nwc.com *****
(223) Network Computing | Column | The Rant | Peer-to-Peer Technology Isn't to Blame for Criminal Behavior " KaZaA, Morpheus (MusicCity's P2P network) and Grokster are all built on FastTrack's technology." http://www.nwc.com/1223/1223rant.html news.globetechnology.com *****
(227) RollingStone.com: News: The Digital Beat " In one corner: free rebel services like Kazaa, MusicCity, Grokster, and, the powerhouse, Gnutella. In the other: MusicNet and PressPlay, the industry's two upcoming ""legit"" (and competing) online music subscription plans, plus Napster, the original bad boy now re-launching as a paid service. It's the ultimate irony in the ever-changing war over music online; Napster, having seen the light, is about to compete with its dastardly spawn. And it's still going to have a tough time surviving." http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=14769 internetwk.com *****
(228) Internet Week > Online Music > Post-Napster File Sharing On the Rise > October 10, 2001 " federal court against the companies behind Morpheus, Kazaa and another service, Grokster." http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20011010S0004 sonicnet.com *****
(229) VH1.com : News : Labels' Online Music Services Nearly Ready, But Will People Pay "The industry's legal fight to stop rogue file-trading entered another round last week when a slew of record companies and movie studios sued Morpheus, Kazaa and Grokster, accusing them of facilitating the trading of unauthorized music and video files (see ""Record Industry Sues Morpheus And Other Decentralized File-Sharing Services""). The suit is similar to the one filed in December 1999 against Napster, which resulted this year in the shutdown of that once wildly popular service." http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?id=1449881 star-techcentral.com *****
(234) CNET.com - News - Investor - News - Story "...Through MusicCity, Kazaa and Grokster Rose 56% During September - Today, more than 25 music and movie companies sued MusicCity, Grokster and Consumer Empowerment (also known as FastTrack), the company that licenses peer-to-peer technology to MusicCity and Grokster. Consumer Empowerment maintains and develops Kazaa, which offers users access to hit music, movies, software and games. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of massive copyright infringement. (Online coverage at: http://www..." http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-7397487-0.html
(236) Music Target - WebMusic News "Grokster - Grokster is a peer-to-peer file-sharing service using Fasttrack. Grokster can be used to download and share all kinds of media files, ranging from audio and video to documents and software." http://www.musictarget.com/fileexchange.shtml deseretnews.com *****
(237) Recording industry sues new Napster-like firms "Grokster and MusicCity license and distribute nearly identical peer-to-peer software that allows users to look for, trade and copy various computer files containing music, video and software content. MusicCity calls its version of the software ""Morpheus,"" while Grokster has named its version after the company." http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,325007633,00.html examiner.com *****
(238) San Francisco Examiner " Grokster and MusicCity license and distribute nearly identical peer-to-peer software that allows users to look for, trade and copy various computer files containing music, video and software content. MusicCity calls its versionof the software ""Morpheus,"" while Grokster has named its version after the company." http://www.examiner.com/business/default.jsp?story=b.p2p.1004w tornado-insider.com *****
(239) TORNADO-INSIDER.COM - News - Entertainment Industry Fights Tougher Foe in New File-Sharing Lawsuit "...Amsterdam, and the others are Grokster, located in the West Indies, and MusicCity, based in Nashville, Tennessee.The new foes pose several problems for those who would like to shut them down. Unlike Napster, FastTrack works with decentralized servers. A central server, with its archive of shared files, is easily blocked as the Napster case has shown. The Dutch company’s architecture consists of a series of these decentralized servers called SuperNodes." http://www.tornado-insider.com/news/Article.asp?id=12262