StreamCast adds Joost to its suit against eBay's Skype.(DIGITAL MEDIA LEGAL MATTERS)(StreamCast Networks Inc.)

Online Reporter, The,  May, 2007  

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- Seeks Injunction That Would Close Down Joost

- Who Has the Rights to FastTrack?

What do these three have in common? Sharman Networks' Kazaa P2P file-sharing service, eBay's Skype VoIP service and the newly launched Joost Internet TV service? All three use the FastTrack Internet technology developed by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who also founded Kazaa the company that sold Kazaa the service to Sharman, Skype and Joost. Now, two of the companies, eBay and Joost, are being sued by StreamCast, which claims it owns the rights to FastTrack. Sharman, of course, lost the big ...

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