We Won!
After six years, the suit filed against LAUNCH by the music labels about LAUNCHcast is over. We won!
Billboard has the story. I’m proud that all those crazy hours I spent building LAUNCHcast from 1999 to 2002 were vindicated.
I had the experience of testifying in federal court for this, actually the first witness in the case. The whole process was alternately completely fascinating and utterly boring.
Perhaps I have a future as an expert witness. 
Update: Billboard has finally posted their summary of the closing arguments. There’s some big errors in here though. Some of the points about the code refer to my testimony.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:07 am
Congratulations! Isn’t it a nice feeling to win!
April 28th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Thank you for keeping the Yahoo! stock price afloat!
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
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