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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

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Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

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

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In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry. 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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