StreamCast Loses File-Sharing Lawsuit
A federal judge ruled against the Morpheus online file-sharing software, finding the firm encouraged computer users to share music, movies and other copyright works without permission. The ruling was a sweeping victory for a coalition of Hollywood movie studios, record companies and music publishers who sued Los Angeles-based StreamCast Networks and similar firms in 2001. The case led to a landmark copyright ruling by the U.S. Supreme...
Microsoft Officially Sets Zune Price
Microsoft revealed that its new 30-gigabyte Zune music player will retail for $249.99, a price matching Apple Computer Inc.’s market-leading iPod when it goes on sale November 14. Songs available for download at the Zune Marketplace service will cost about 99 cents a song, on par with prices at Apple’s iTunes, Microsoft said. Each Zune device sold will come preloaded with an array of songs, music video, images and short...






