The story so far: “…The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sued three prominent file-swapping companies in October in Los Angeles federal court. The suit named Morpheus parent StreamCast Networks, Grokster and Kazaa BV, the Netherlands-based company that originally created the Kazaa software. But in February, Kazaa BV sold the Kazaa file-swapping software to Sharman, a company later revealed to be based for tax reasons in Vanuatu, a small island in the South Pacific. The recording and movie industry trade groups asked permission to add that company to the lawsuit in June…”
Latest update: “…In court Monday, Judge Stephen Wilson said he would allow Sharman to be added to the lawsuit. A written version of the ruling, required before the MPAA or RIAA can take any action, was not immediately available. Sharman said the company had not yet seen a written order but that it was confident its technology would survive any court challenge…”
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