Skype could be cut off for good over dispute

By Mike Harvey in San Francisco

"Skype might have to shut down because of a dispute over the core technology used to make the internet telephone system work."

"EBay, which paid $2.6 billion (£1.6 billion) for the voice-over-the-internet system in 2005, is facing a court battle with the original founders of the company who retained the rights to the technology at the heart of the system."

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