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This Google/Verizon crap.

Submitted by jgrubb on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 11:46am

I think Fred Wilson sums it up pretty well.

So now we have a situation where the access providers want to change the game. And they are seeking the regulatory approval to do just that.

Apple, iTunes, and Anti-trust

Submitted by jgrubb on Sun, 07/18/2010 - 9:04pm

I was just thinking about iTunes this morning as I was downloading the new Big Boi record. iTunes is the only option to download music on my iPhone. I'd rather download music from Amazon mostly because they offer their catalog in mp3 rather than AAC format, because their albums tend to be a dollar cheaper, but mostly I think Apple could use some competition.

On Facebook's new no-privacy policy.

Submitted by jgrubb on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 4:53pm

I don't buy Zuckerberg's argument that Facebook is now only reflecting the changes that society is undergoing. I think Facebook itself is a major agent of social change and by acting otherwise Zuckerberg is being arrogant and condescending.

via => ReadWriteWeb.

And, in my humble opinion, he's begging the FTC and the FCC to get involved in a sector of the economy in which they can only do lasting and permanent harm. This is why 25 year olds shouldn't be allowed to be CEO of companies this large. This is nothing more or less than youthful hubris and this giant mis-step is the first on the road to irrelevance. I hope for the sake of Silicon Valley that they don't IPO now, because they're done. It'll take a few years, but they're done...

Any copyright geeks in the house?

Submitted by jgrubb on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 12:33pm

"The lesson for any artist here has to be to sign a contract with any session musicians you use to ensure that you have set out any arrangement on copyright and royalties in the product. The vast majority of modern artists will be well aware of the risks, but we could see a great number of similar cases. An ounce of protection could be worth nearly 40 years of cure."

- from a British law blog, Ralli Solicitors. You know that tune "Whiter Shade of Pale", that I always thought was a Steve Winwood tune?

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