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SXSW Accelerator

December 31, 2008

The folks at SXSW are starting a new program this year dubbed Accelerator. It’s aimed at up and coming, under-the-radar companies, allowing them “to present their latest products and services to industry experts, early-adopters, bloggers, mainstream media reporters, and leaders of the venture capital community.”
If you recall how Twitter catapulted onto the scene a [...]

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Meanwhile, Back at the Tech Ranch

October 31, 2008

If you’re a bootstrapper, creating a pre-seed or seed-stage company, or thinking about starting something cool, check out Tech Ranch Austin, “a community of vibrant tech start-ups housed under one roof, and surrounded by the people, processes and materials needed to drive business success.”
Kevin Koym and Jonas Lamis have done a lot [...]

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Friends, Beer and NDAs

October 20, 2008

This is a “warm blanket” agreement with which, by requesting your agreement to it, I am helping myself sleep at night by placing a small amount of formality on the sharing of The Idea. I believe The Idea will only improve as a result of having solicited your honest and clear feedback.
FriendDA written by Rands
Rands [...]

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Know Your Nerd

November 12, 2007

Your nerd’s insatiable quest for information and The High has tweaked his brain in an interesting way. For any given piece of incoming information, your nerd is making a lightning fast assessment: relevant or not relevant? Relevance means that the incoming information fits into the system of things your nerd currently cares about. Expect active [...]

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Hatch’s Hit List

July 9, 2004

The Importance of… brings us Hatch’s Hit List, a new compendium of devices and technology that could be removed from our lives if the INDUCE Act passes.

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High Tech Speaks Up

July 6, 2004

As reported by The Importance of… and Copyfight, some major players in the High Tech industry are requesting hearings for the INDUCE Act. According to USA Today​:
Internet search giants Google and Yahoo, chipmaker Intel, Internet service provider Verizon, auctioneer eBay, website operator Cnet Networks, and phone company MCI are among 42 companies and groups who [...]

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Congressman Boucher Stands Up

July 6, 2004

As reported in The Register’s story Hatch’s Induce Act comes under fire, Congressman Rick Boucher (D – Virginia) is fighting the INDUCE Act, saying that the legislation “is very poorly defined” and that its broad language “could target just about anyone. Even a university giving its students broadband access, could, under the current wording, be [...]

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Overstatement and IICA

June 29, 2004

Susan Crawford presents a compelling case to bring the INDUCE Act to a hearing on the Senate floor in her article Overstatement and IICA. She addresses both sides of the issue on three fundamental questions:

Will the bill cripple the development of new technology?
Will the bill broaden secondary liability for copyright infringement in ways we [...]

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More on the INDUCE Act

June 29, 2004

This is just a quick post with some informative perspectives on the INDUCE Act. Sadly, I do not have the time to comment on all of them at present, though I do hope to post about select articles when my schedule allows. Anyway, here are the links:

Supporting the INDUCE Act – The Importance of…
INDUCE Act [...]

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The INDUCE Act and the Right to Prepare Derivative Works

June 29, 2004

Ernest, provides additional insight into the ramifications of the INDUCE Act on his site( The Importance of…) in a new article titled The INDUCE Act and the Right to Prepare Derivative Works. His perspectives on this issue and many others in the realm of copyrights are extremely informative for those of us who are just [...]

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