Article Title
"Why Mark Cuban is Rooting for Yahoo In Facebook Fight"
"Why Mark Cuban is Rooting for Yahoo In Facebook Fight"
Article Author
Eric Savitz
Eric Savitz
Article Publication Date
March 13, 2012
URL of Original Article
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/03/13/why-mark-cuban-is-rooting-for-yahoo-in-facebook-fight/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/03/13/why-mark-cuban-is-rooting-for-yahoo-in-facebook-fight/
Article Summary
This article explains the reason behind Mark Cuban's blog about his hope that Yahoo will win their suit against Facebook. He states that "a spectacular win against Facebook could trigger a backlash against the current patent system and spur real reforms."
This article explains the reason behind Mark Cuban's blog about his hope that Yahoo will win their suit against Facebook. He states that "a spectacular win against Facebook could trigger a backlash against the current patent system and spur real reforms."
Relevance to the Class
This article basically tries to make us realize although one person can make or invent a product. Someone else can use that idea and improve it. Giving us competition and a run for our money. We should also be aware of the patent laws out there regarding technology and how it basically has been ignored until now. If Yahoo wins their suit of $50 billion and has the power to shut down the largest social networking site around, this would be enormous and have a major impact on all of us.
This article basically tries to make us realize although one person can make or invent a product. Someone else can use that idea and improve it. Giving us competition and a run for our money. We should also be aware of the patent laws out there regarding technology and how it basically has been ignored until now. If Yahoo wins their suit of $50 billion and has the power to shut down the largest social networking site around, this would be enormous and have a major impact on all of us.
Key Quote
“Rather than originating in Congress, its going to take a consumer uprising to cause change. What better way to create a consumer uprising than to financially cripple and possibly put out of business the largest social network on the planet ?”
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