SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Altnet, Inc. today announced
that it has commenced patent infringement proceedings against StreamCast
Networks, Inc and its chief executive, Michael Weiss.
    The case was launched today in the United States District Court for the
Central District of California.
    Altnet and the other plaintiffs allege that StreamCast and its CEO,
Michael Weiss, intentionally infringe Altnet's "TrueNames" patents as part
of its music and movie file distribution business.
    The patents infringed are 5,978791 - 6,415,280 - 6,928,442. They are
well established and recognized patents that are critical to efficient
on-line "peer-to-peer" file distribution systems, which Altnet uses to sell
licensed contented worldwide.
    Michael Speck, manager of enforcement programs said, "StreamCast have
been given ample opportunity by all to mend their ways. Their determination
to continue distributing infringing material has left us with no choice but
to prosecute them."
    StreamCast, which claims to have distributed over 144,000,000 copies of
the infringing software, already faces major copyright infringement
allegations before the same California Federal District Court in Los
Angeles. Their distribution continues unabated despite the defendant's
being put on notice twice this year in relation to their infringing
conduct.
    Altnet is seeking judgment from the Court that includes: declarations,
injunctions and a trebling of damages because of the willful and deliberate
nature of the infringements.
    "StreamCast's brazen patent piracy underpins its massive copyright
infringement business. They are simply running out of opportunities to go
legal," said Michael Speck.
    Contact:
     Michael Speck
     +61 408 970161
     +61 2 90047974
     jspeck@altnet.com

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