Thread: Skype in court battle may shut down

Everybody's favorite internet phone system may be shutting down. BBOS's own Forums
Manager Bryan, forwarded me a story ran by FoxNews.com about a court battle between
Ebay(who owns Skype) and Joltid(the original founders of the company). The dispute is over
software licensing agreements between the two companies. Joltid owns the rights to the
peer-to-peer technology, but Ebay is said to be working on alternative software. Ebay
said in a regulatory filing, that if their efforts were unsuccessful or if they lost the right to
technology "Skype would be severely and adversely affected and the continued operation
of Skype's business as currently conducted would likely not be possible." Stay tuned to this
one, the court date is set for June 2010.

Read the full story here.

That would be a bummer.

Wirelessly posted (Tour 9630)

Thanks Sun for the heads up on this one and thanks CS for posting it

Glad you linked the article too. It has far more details then we could paraphrase in a summary. But if you noticed, the court date is 10 months from now.

Wow! this will be a hit to many people. Skype is very popular amongst numerous people. It will be interesting to to see how this unfolds. I'm sure that Skype will win!