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lvIEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES OF DEFENDANTS STREAMCAST NETWORKS, INC. (FOR1vlERL Y KNOWN AS MUSICCITY .COM INC.) AND MUSICCITYNETWORKS INC. IN SUPPORT OF MonON FOR PARTIAL
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DECLARAnONS OF DARRELL Slvfirn.Wll..LIAMCLA Y SmRKY ANDREW P. BRIDGES,G~GOR Y
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Mynameis Darrell Smith. I residein Scottsdale,Arizona.
I am the Chief TechnologyOfficer of MusicCity. I am the chief
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3. Before working with MusicCity, I was Vice Presidentof Development
6 at Motion Pixel, Inc. and Sirius Publishing,Inc., where I developedadvanced 7 video compression playbacksoftwarefor usein the telecommunications, and 8 personalcomputersandmotion picture industries.
9 4. The Morpheussoftwareprogramis a communicationstool that allows
0 usersto connecttogetherto form a usernetwork. Using the Morpheussoftware
program,usersmay searchfor and shareany kind of computerfile (including text, 12 images,audio, video, and softwarefiles) with any other user of the network. The
3 network itself createsindexesof resources availableto it, without relying upon a
14 central serverto index the entire network. The Morpheussoftwareprogramalso 5 hasthe ability to sendand receiveinstantmessages within the network, to organize
6 media files on one's own computer,andto display or play the contentsof media 17 files on one's computer. 18
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The network createdby usersof the Morpheussoftwareprogram(and
19 the programsof the other defendants) "self-organizing," in that the users is communicatewith eachother without assistance from MusicCity. The network 21 itself sharesand updatesinformation, and allocatesdifferent resources needed. as 22 24
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The usernetwork consistsof usersof the Morpheus,KaZaA, or One particularly useful and innovative featureof the network created
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25 by usersof the Morpheussoftwareprogramis the "dynamic," or variable,useof
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and may revert to being 1 Morpheussoftwareprogram,nodesbecomesupemodes
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3 heaviernetwork duties. The network self-selects supemodes; user's nodemay be a 4 a supemodeone day and not on the following day, dependingon resourceneeds 5 and availability on the network.
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Supemodes help the network operateefficiently by aggregating
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MusicCity doesnot operateany supemodes. When a user installsthe Morpheussoftwareprogram,the program
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just 11 comeswith an initial list of supernodes, as a browsergenerallycomespreand 12 loadedwith a list of popular web site addresses Internet serviceproviders. to the 13 When the person'scomputerfirst connects one of the supemodes, supemode 14 updatesthe initial list that camewith the program. 15 11. When a user first operates Morpheussoftwareprogram,it interacts the 16 briefly with MusicCity's serverto establisha usemameand password. MusicCity or 7 itself doesnot usethe usemame passwordfor any purpose;instead,the 18 usemameidentifies the useruniquely to other memberswithin the user network. If the the 19 the softwarecannotaccess MusicCity server,the usermay still access user20 creatednetwor~ but the user's usemame will not be properly displayedand other
21 userswill not know that this is the sameuserwho has connectedbefore. Indeed,
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this has happened many times when MusicCity's servershave beenunavailable. 12. After attemptingto submit the user's usemame(and even if
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as a supemode.To searchthe network, the Morpheussoftwareprogram sends supemodes with which it communicates.
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A user who wishesto locatea file on anotheruser's computerentersa
searchteml into a searchrequestpage. The softwareconnectsthe user to a
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4 supemodes.The local supemode then sendsto the requestera list of other userson 5 the network who have files that areassociated with the searchterms.
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MusicCity hasno involvementin making searchrequests, maintaining
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9 or displays of results. 10 15. Next, to obtain files, a userof the Morpheussoftwareprogram selects
11 files from the searchresultsand connectsdirectly to the other users' computersand
14 downloadsthe files directly from the otherusers' computers. MusicCity's servers 13 are not involved in identifying locationsthat host user files, requestingthosefiles 4 for transfer,communicatingwith the hostusers,transferringfiles from one userto
5 another,controlling or monitoring transfersof user files, or controlling or .16 monitoring management useof files. MusicCity's servershave no knowledgeof or 7 particular files being transferredamongusers. 18 16. MusicCity's involvementwith useof the Morpheus softwareafter
19 delivery of the softwareis very limited. The softwarecontainstwo components
20 that activatethe user's Microsoft InternetExplorer "browser" softwarewhen the 21 softwareis running on a user's computer,regardless any activity by the user. of 22 One componentcalls on MusicCity's serversto obtain changeable background
23 graphicsforth~ "start" pageof the Morpheususerinterface. The background
24 graphicsmakethe softwareuserinterfaceattractive,give MusicCity the chanceto 25 broadcast messages Morpheussoftwareusers,and permit advertising. The other to
26 componentcalls on other serversof MusicCity or other companies,which send 27 additional advertisements a window at the bottom of the software'suser into 28 interface.
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Both the "start" pagegraphicsandthe advertisements obtainedby are
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3 program is running and is connected the usernetwork, regardlessof the activity to 4 of the user. 5 18. Thus, even if one engages no searching,sharing,downloading,or in
6 playing of media files, the graphicsand advertisingwill be displayedon the 7 softwareinterface.
8 19. Oncea userhasobtainedthe Morpheussoftwareprogram,neither
9 MusicCity nor any of its computerserversparticipatesin, or contributesin any 10 way to, the transferof mediafiles on the network createdby usersof the Morpheus
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As notedabove,oncethe user obtainsthe MorpheussoftWare
13 program,MusicCity has no involvementin any of the stepsfor searchingand the 14 transfer of files. In addition,the Morpheussoftwareprogram doesnot IS communicateto MusicCity or its serversany information aboutpossession, receipt,
16 transfer,searching,or indexing of the media files by the user. Nor doesit use 17 MusicCity or its serversto searchfor, index, transfer,download,manage,display 18 or play any files of the Plaintiffs' media content.
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softwareprogram,MusicCity operates its web site a chat serviceand a at
21 discussionboard,but the Morpheussoftwarehasno direct connectionto those 22 services. A userof the softwaremay click on a link displayedin the "Start" page 23 graphicalinterfacein order to go to MusicCity's web-based chat or discussion
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services,but the access thoseservicesis through a web interfacethat exists to
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26 web via its Internet address www.musiccity.com. Morpheususernames and
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In sum,once a userhas installeda copy of the Morpheus software
2 program,MusicCity haSno effective involvementwith or control over what a user 3 doeswith the program.Usersmust electto nm the software,detenninewhat (if
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6 as a transientsupemode.Usersdecidewhetherto usethe softwareto join and 7 form a public, user-created network. Usersdecidewhetherto searchfor, find, 8 send,or receivefiles over the user-created network. The Morpheusproduct does 9 not report any information abouta user's conductto MusicCity's servers. It sends
10 only usemame/password information whenthe user startsrunning Morpheus. 1 23. If MusicCity ceased operate,if its serversbecameinoperative(as to
12 has happened occasionowing to technicalmalfunctionsor maintenance) if on or 13 all network connections MusicCity are severed, searching,indexing, to the
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20 25. MusicCity doesnot "operate"the Morpheususernetwork, and it does 21 not operatea file-indexing service. Morpheussoftwareprogram userscan (and,in
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23 MusicCity's continuing involvement. Even when MusicCity's servershavebeen 24 down, Morpheususehasbeenongoing,with Morpheususersable to fmd and 2S download fIles on their own.
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high-speed communications devicessuch asDSL and cablemodems, favoredby thosewho want to downloadvideo or soundfiles; browsersoftware(suchasMicrosoft Internet Explorer or America Online's NetscapeCommunicator),for viewing, editing and copying files that are postedto the Web;
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serversoftware(suchasMicrosoft Internet Iilformation Serverand ApacheHn"P Server)for distributing contentacrossthe Internet mediaplayer software(suchasMicrosoft Media Player), for viewing and displaying mediafiles; e-mail and instantmessaging software,favored by thosewho want to sendor receivefiles privately;
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internetrelay chat servers,commonlyused for file-sharing activities; news group software(often bundledinto e-mail software),favoredby thosewho want to chooseand downloadmusic and video files from newsgroups; file transferprotocol softwarefor obtaining files over the Internet; scanners, modems,and printers,for thosewho want to copy fax and/ortransmit imagesover the Internet and otherwise;and large-capacity storagedevicessuchas hard drives, CD-ROM burners, DVD burners,and Zip drives, andtheir recording media, favored by thosewho want to keeplibraries of video or soundfiles.
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