StreamCast Founder Leaves the Company

StreamCast Networks Inc., distributor of the controversial Morpheus file-sharing software, said founder Steve Griffin had left the company.

Griffin oversaw the transformation of the company from an obscure provider of Napster-like services to one of the leading suppliers of software for obtaining free copies of music, movies and other files through the Internet.

StreamCast drew a copyright-infringement lawsuit by the major record companies and film studios, which is still pending. Griffin couldn't be reached for comment.

-- Jon Healey