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What if it’s 1996, not 1999?

Seeing Both Sides

million in revenue the year before. . Matrix had a fund in 1998 that yielded an eye-popping 514+% IRR. Tsunamis, Middle East crises, government shutdown threats and a looming budget deficit are all dampers on the market. billion market capitalization. We had recorded $1.8

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Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

Steve Blank

from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. After the VCR was introduced, studio revenues took off like a rocket. 1998 – the MPAA got congress to pass the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), making it illegal for you to make a digital copy of a DVD that you actually purchased.