Planning for M&A of Venture-Backed Companies

September 30, 2005

Bill Burnham has a terrific post setting out his ten commandments of venture-backed M&A. Highlights are below (together with some notes of my own for a few of the points), but follow your way through to the post for a lot of savvy and useful detail. Keep in mind that to varying degrees these are […]

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Book Publishers Growing Wary of Online Used Book Sales

September 29, 2005

The WSJ reports (paid sub required) on the growing success of online sales of used books and the parallel concern of the publishing industry over lost sales. Prices for ‘gently read’ books are often only half the price of new books, and the WSJ reports that sales are increasing:

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Article on Online Defamation Jurisdiction on CBC Unlocked

September 28, 2005

A (striking) CBC reporter, Benoît Ferradini, interviewed me over the weekend about the recent Burke and Bangoura decisions concerning jurisdiction in online defamation cases. Michael Geist is also interviewed in the piece. The interview is in french at CBCUnlocked.com. I’ve set out below an extract (slightly edited) of some notes I prepared for him for […]

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Potential Business Liability for Failure to Secure Consumer Data

September 27, 2005

Attorney Randy Gainer of Davis, Wright Tremaine LLP has written an article on liability in the US for failing to secure consumer data. Via Inhouse Blog.

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TiVO in Canada?

September 27, 2005

TiVO is apparently now coming to Canada – several years after its introduction in the U.S. and well after the sometimes near-reverential buzz the product at one time generated has been almost entirely exhausted. In the US, a flag is going to be added to allow broadcasters to delete your saved programs, and TiVO is […]

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Smart Wi-Fi

September 27, 2005

An article in Scientific American explains recent developments in Wi-Fi technology that improve the ability of Wi-Fi networks to handle high traffic volumes. It’s also a great primer on Wi-Fi technology.

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Comment on Do Not Call List

September 26, 2005

One of my posts on the Do Not (Hesitate to) Call list (so named by Michael Geist) has earned me a great comment from a reader. You can find it, and the mailing address for David Emerson’s office, here.

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Long Arm Jurisdiction in Online Defamation

September 26, 2005

Michael Geist follows up his recent posts on the Bangoura and Burke decisions with a Toronto Star article on this issue. I posted on this recently also.

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Warner Music v iTunes, Redux

September 26, 2005

Irritation continues to grow on the ‘net as bloggers get on Edgar Bronfman’s case for complaining about the $.99 song. The reaction reminds me of Kramer’s seizures whenever he heard Mary Hart’s voice – I think geeks simply have a natural antipathy towards the man. Today’s highlights:

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The Real Top Ten Tips For Blogging Anonymously

September 25, 2005

Tim Yang has written a contra- piece to Ethan Zuckerman’s guide to blogging anonymously. I’ve added it, and a handbook on blogging for cyber-dissidents recently published by Reporters Without Borders, to the sidebar link titled “Corporate and Employee Blogging Resources”.

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Verizon to ‘Spy’ on Its Customers for Disney?

September 23, 2005

In one of the more ominous developments in a while, Verizon and Disney have announced a deal in which Verizon will forward to its broadband customers emails from Disney informing the customer that Disney suspects the customer of illegal file sharing. From the press releases (here and here):

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eBay & Skype, Redux

September 23, 2005

Here’s the text of a post I left as a comment on a post at Fred Wilson’s blog about the eBay – Skype deal:

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