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Michael Weiss Interview

Posted by samzenpus on from the listen-up dept.

chrish writes "Zeropaid has an interview with Michael Weiss, CEO of StreamCast Networks, maker of Morpheus. Michael has been involved in MGM v Grokster since the beginning, and provides a clear, thorough timeline of events since then. He also details interesting insights of his own into the future of the p2p space, including some new ad models."

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  1. Following the case by Polycom+Sucks · · Score: 5, Informative
    " The Supreme Court agreed and heard the case on March 29, 2005. We expect to hear their decision in late June 2005."
    For any of you who are following the case, it looks like we may hear the landmark decision in just over two months. A decision for Grokster is what most of us are hoping for. It would be the modern day equivalant of the Betamax case of the late 70s.
  2. At least P2P is still kicking.... by JoeMerchant · · Score: 3, Informative
    It has been a long time since Napster took a dirt nap at the hands of the establishment.

    There's more than the "we don't run a central server" defense keeping P2P alive, I think the courts actually see the legitimate side like home video recording, which "we all knew" was only for porn and pirating....

    I tried, and failed, to interest some Angel V/C groups in starting a P2P venture just around the time that Gnutella was surfacing (and the .com bubble hadn't quite burst yet.) They had a hard time getting their heads around the legit moneymaking side of it all and passed on the deal - and apparently making legitimate money is still the hard nut to crack. Showing ads to pirates isn't very lucrative, or particularly safe from lawsuits.

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