As the entertainment industry attempted this week to overturn a court ruling protecting the operation of file-sharing services on the Internet, peer-to-peer outfits rolled out new products that could cause more hand-wringing among movie and music execs. StreamCast Networks released a new version of its Morpheus peer-to-peer software client that allows its users to connect to all the major P2P networks. And Optisoft of Madrid, Spain, is expected to release a new version of its Blubster P2P product, which will deploy encryption to protect its users from snoops.
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Morpheus Crosses P2P Boundaries, Blubster Boosts Privacy
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 5, 2004 07:37 AMAs the entertainment industry attempted this week to overturn a court ruling protecting the operation of file-sharing services on the Internet, peer-to-peer outfits rolled out new products that could cause more hand-wringing among movie and music execs. StreamCast Networks released a new version of its Morpheus peer-to-peer software client that allows its users to connect to all the major P2P networks. And Optisoft of Madrid, Spain, is expected to release a new version of its Blubster P2P product, which will deploy encryption to protect its users from snoops.