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Morpheus: Streamcast Networks
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[I]n an e-mail, Zennstrom said StreamCast breached its agreement by failing to make license payments, and Morpheus users were cut off from the FastTrack network. Griffin, though, said StreamCast decided not to pay the fees when FastTrack developers upgraded the technology and did not provide the documention his company needed to proceed.
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Following a surprise, involuntary separation from the FastTrack network, Morpheus goes dark for 2 days. Preview Edition is released to mixed reviews on the Gnutella platform, yet sets every record on Download.com with 24 million downloads in 9 short days.
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On February 26, 2002, all Morpheus clients suddenly stopped working when the FastTrack protocol was updated and Morpheus users no longer were allowed to log into the network. This was apparently because of a licensing dispute between StreamCast and the owners of FastTrack.
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With its much ballyhooed Neo Network, Morpheus continues to woo users in hopes of P2P domination. The Neo Network uses something called "distributed hash tables" to make searches, and ultimately downloads, more efficient and reliable.
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Instead of searching just one network, with Morpheus search all major P2P networks at the same time, accessing millions of users simultaneously to increase your chances of finding everything. Morpheus 4.0 is free and offers free VoIP (voice chat) so you can talk to others globally.
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The filters previously used with Morpheus haven’t been up to standard. Until recently, Morpheus was bundled with a keyword filter to stop users downloading pirated music. Videos longer than 10 minutes were ... outlawed. The court sided with the RIAA against StreamCast and Morpheus. StreamCast is now in the tricky position of having to come up with a filter that works to stop Morpheus users download illegal music.
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