On The 50 Yard Line

Thursday, February 9, 2012

LinkedIn Quarterly Results Beat Earlier Estimates

2:07 PM

Stuart Pardau Bio

Very much in the shadow of social media giant Facebook, LinkedIn, I think, represents a great growth opportunity. In particular, the ability to monetize all their data and dis-intermediate traditional search firms has only just begun, IMHO.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/09/us-linkedin-results-idUSTRE8182FU20120209

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Is Obscene Material Copyrightable?

1:58 PM

Stuart Pardau Bio

The split and uncertainty is actually more pronounced than I would have thought.
http://volokh.com/2012/02/09/can-obscene-materials-be-copyrighted/

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Mobile Apps May Violate FCRA, says FTC

8:26 AM

Stuart Pardau Bio

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/02/120206mobileappsletter.pdf

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Security Cameras Used for Studying Consumer Behaviors

1:33 PM

Stuart Pardau Bio

The data is simply too valuable to ignore. Strictly speaking there is nothing overly problematic about it, so long as the cameras are visible, disclosures are proper and not misleading in any way.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39552/?p1=A2

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Arizona Whacks Amazon with Large Sales Tax Bill

1:29 PM

Stuart Pardau Bio

Arizona hit Amazon.com with a $53 million bill for uncollected sales taxes, the latest attempt from a state to get revenue from the online retailer, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

In a filing with the SEC, Amazon disclosed the bill from Arizona — which the company received in November — saying the state “is alleging that we should have collected a transaction tax that is similar to a sales tax on applicable transactions” for the period March 2006 to December 2010. Amazon said the assessment is without merit and plans to defend itself.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/02/03/arizona-to-amazon-about-that-sales-tax/

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