Pre-emptive Financing, Redux

March 20, 2006

In an unwelcome echo of dotcom days, pre-emptive financing (unsolicited offers of VC financing) seems to be a growing trend in the Valley. The WSJ runs a piece today that portrays the VC industry as eagerly herding into the new new thing – a march of the lemmings that is very reminiscent of “the way […]

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Class Action Antitrust Suit Against Major Record Labels

March 20, 2006

A class action antitrust lawsuit has been filed in California against the major record labels, alleging federal and state antitrust violations in the online music space. This in the wake of investigations by Eliot Spitzer and the Justice Department. Cathy Kirkman has details.

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The Coming Last Mile Bottleneck

March 20, 2006

Mark Cuban posts on the coming inability of broadband networks to carry the internet’s growing appetite for high bandwidth content. Update: The Globe looks at employee attention bandwidth when TV is available online on the job, and Michael looks at legal and policy issues.

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Mark Cuban: Crack Your DRM

March 20, 2006

Mark Cuban writes on the coming collateral damage of DRM – files that can’t be played when standards change.

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The Art of Interviewing

March 20, 2006

Guy Kawasaki has an excellent guest post on the art of interviewing.

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Moore’s Law for Marketers

March 20, 2006

The Economist has some sport with the folks who brought you the 5-bladed razor. They’re not alone.

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Michael Crichton on Patent Law

March 19, 2006

The author Michael Crichton has an essay in today’s NYT on over-reaching patent laws.

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More on the Google DOJ Subpoena

March 19, 2006

Apropos my recent blog of Google’s post on the DOJ subpoena case, Daniel Solove has posted a thorough examination of the decision. He quite rightly wonders why the MSM was so wrong on the story.

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“We have a great future behind us”

March 18, 2006

Susan Crawford’s ode to infrastructure is a must-read on the issue of a national broadband strategy.

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The Real Skinny on Music Download Stats

March 18, 2006

Michael has drilled down into the latest CRIA poll, with the following conclusion: “In summary, CRIA’s own research now concludes that P2P downloading constitutes less than one-third of the music on downloaders’ computers, that P2P users frequently try music on P2P services before they buy, that the largest P2P downloader demographic is also the largest […]

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Presentation iPod

March 18, 2006

Presentation Zen has some very useful tips on using your iPod as a presentation backup.

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Net Neutrality Awareness and Lobbying Grows

March 18, 2006

CNet covers the surprising news that AARP is entering the neutrality debate on the pro side. And just yesterday, strategic communications and grassroots company Qorvis Communications forwarded me a copy of a letter on neutrality sent by a broad coalition of 70 Internet consumers, content providers, service, device and application companies to the Chairs of […]

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