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Traditional Media Uses Bullying Legal Tactics: Scrabble vs. Scrabulous and Hulu vs. Redlasso
By Jerry Weinstein

In 2005 Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla created Scrabulous; by 2007 it went nuclear as a Facebook app. The social networking aspect of Facebook brought it a half-million daily players, giving users the ability to joust with friends and family across the world. While it is undeniable that Scrabulous has the "look and... more


FCC Anti-Comcast Decision is Pro-Business, Pro-Competition and Pro-Growth
By Jerry Weinstein

Last Friday the Federal Communications Commission bared its teeth. In a 3-2 decision led by Chairman Kevin Martin, and joined by his Democrats... more


Apple iPhone Ignites Mobile Marketing with Music, Gaming and Virtual World Apps
By Jerry Weinstein

To cut through the hype and hero worship surrounding the release on July 11 of the Apple iPhone 2.0 3G, JackMyers Media Business Report decided to take the pulse across the industry, speaking with players across the gaming and virtual world landscape as ... more


Viacom Versus Google: Coming of Age of the "Viderate" Generation
By Jerry Weinstein

Last week Manhattan district judge Louis L. Stanton filed his opinion in the $1B copyright infringement lawsuit Viacom (VIA) first lodged against Google (GOOG) back in March 2007.

Judge Stanton's decision has already been met with a torrent of criticism across the... more


Social Media Is The Future of Politics . . . and Independence!
By Jerry Weinstein

Lessons from Personal Democracy Forum, The "Davos of Technology": While the RIAA and MPAA have been frequent whipping boys in any debate on the failure of Big Media to embrace change in a timely fashion, they are positively visionary standing next to government. But that's changing. Just as media has grappled with, and... more



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