More P2P nonsense, and a federal judge in the US has ordered that Morpheus introduce stronger filters to stop the file sharing tool being used to share illegal content.
The StreamCast owned Morpheus is one of the old school P2P clients which, unlike many of its early competitors, is still going despite the landmark US Supreme Court ruling in MGM V Grokster in which it was ruled the makers of P2P software could be liable for the copyright infringement they enable if they seem to support the use of their technology for the illegal distribution of content. StreamCast have endeavoured to avoid future liability for copyright infringement by introducing filters that in theory stop the software being used for illegal file sharing, but the music and movie companies have long argued the filters aren't good enough.
And US District Court Judge Stephen V Wilson agrees. He has said the Morpheus owners must use the latest most reliable filtering technology, saying that: "Streamcast will be required to use the most effective means available to reduce the infringing capabilities of the Morpheus System and Software, while preserving its noninfringing uses as feasible".