Suing Is Easy, Innovating Is Hard

from the writing-on-the-wall dept

One of the panels at this week's Web 2.0 conference in Seattle went over a topic we visit regularly: the failure of entertainment companies to adapt to new technology. They really didn't cover any new ground, rehashing ideas that are pretty clear to most everybody outside the entertainment industry, but ones that very few inside it seem to get. Former FCC chair Michael Powell summed up the crux of the matter, though, quite succinctly: "Hiring lawyers is easier than innovating."
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  1. identicon
    Flamsmark, 7 Oct 2005 @ 5:00pm

    ...move along

    ...in other news, it has recently been noted that the sky is blue, and that the ocean is often wet. that's all folks.

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    g, 7 Oct 2005 @ 8:16pm

    No Subject Given

    I love the word crux.

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  3. identicon
    amazon10x, 7 Oct 2005 @ 8:17pm

    and???

    And the point of telling us that someone else is going over stuff we've already covered is...?

    link to this | view in thread ]

  4. identicon
    Happy user, 8 Oct 2005 @ 1:10am

    Re: ...move along

    Something about this article reminds me of "Apple vs. Microsoft" on the discussion of "iPod" patent infringements... Hmmm

    link to this | view in thread ]


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