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RealDVD; real estate apps; WhitePages in the Senate; etc.
Seattle journalist Glenn Fleishman offers a compelling read on why consumers will lose out as a result of RealNetworks' decision to settle lawsuits with the big Hollywood studios over its RealDVD product. "The post-RealDVD world means that unless there's a major change to the law surrounding copy protection, there will never be a legal way to perform legal acts of copying or shifting protected movies, music, and games," writes Fleishman in a piece on BoingBoing.
There are plenty of Seattle connections in James Hagerty's story in The Wall Street Journal on mobile applications from online real estate upstarts, including mentions of Redfin, Walk Score and Zillow.com. Rachel Ashy, who has been using the Redfin iPhone app in Seattle, tells the Journal that "it's like having your laptop with you on the ride."
New York-based DoubleVerify, which competes against Seattle-based Mpire and Kirkland-based Adometry in the online advertising analytics arena, has scored $10 million in new venture capital financing.
Intelius, the subject class action lawsuits and a recent King 5 investigation on post-transaction marketing practices, has committed $250,000 to a new effort from the Center for Democracy & Technology to develop best practices for online marketing offers that take place after a sale occurs. Seattle Weekly follows up by asking the CDT why they are aligning with the Bellevue company.
Meanwhile, Intelius' Seattle rival WhitePages has been blacklisted by the U.S. Senate's Sergeant-at-Arms for allegedly spreading computer viruses throughout the Senate. It also notes that the popular political site The Drudge Report is to blame for the viruses. "Please avoid using these sites until the Senate resolves this issue," according to an email obtained by Fox News. "The Senate has been swamped the last couples (sic) days with this issue."
Seattle medical device entrepreneur Joe Eichinger -- who co-founded startups such as Ekos, Therus, NeoPath-- has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 65. Xconomy has a full obituary, with Ekos co-founder Doug Hansmann telling the online publication that Eichinger "radiated the entrepreneurial spirit and instilled it in others."
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