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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

Nowhere is this more striking than in matters involving intellectual property and the rights of content owners. Yet the content industry (principally represented by RIAA and MPAA) has been relentless in pushing for UGC site operators to be deputized in a copyright police state in the interest of fighting piracy.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

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The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents. The Spaceport in Houston is the home of Axiom, builder of the world’s first commercial space station.

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