This Week on the Web 2009-08-02

• Skype licensing issue might force eBay to recode from scratch. http://bit.ly/10Tk7u
• Businesses cough up £6m for unlicensed software: http://bit.ly/4gaFyU
• RT @hitchandplow: Men At Work Loses First Stage Of Copyright Lawsuit http://bit.ly/12zSnJ < 😦 You betta’ watch, you betta’ take cover.
• RT @vpynchon: even better; Shatner doing Rocket Man in 1978 http://twurl.nl/s4dmlb
• New blog post: Lease by XKCD http://bit.ly/f4572
• EA’s new motto: please pirate our games… er, storefronts – http://arst.ch/3tj via @arstechnica
• The listing price is not the asking price, a basic negotiation tenet that many forget, regardless of what you’re buying: http://bit.ly/cgT9e
• RT @r1c1: insightful article re: apple product design teams: http://bit.ly/3eYW < explains why you shouldn’t do contracts by committee, too
• IBM flings FUD at Neon zPrime customers (The Register): http://bit.ly/hiayP < netnet? Review your license agreement to see if you’re ok.
• Learning from Iran how to negotiate with the Israelis and Arabs (TPMCafe): http://bit.ly/cD0TA
• RT @spendmatters: NYC’s Spend Management Approach To The Homeless Problem — Give ’em Free One Way Plane Tickets http://bit.ly/121tti
• RT @stephenodonnell: RT @stevedupe: RT @CTeng “msft/yahoo – two increasingly desparate companies. 1+1=1, maybe 1.2ish” Excellent!
• David Miller: A Master Negotiator (Unambiguously Ambidextrous): http://bit.ly/3Ra6CQ < hilarious real-life negotiation tragedy.
• Jeff’s Weekly Negotiation Tip: After you make an offer, shut up. Silence has the tendency to make others fill the void.
• Too Much Targeting, or That Hot Single Could be Your Wife (@vedrashko): http://bit.ly/zCx1i
• Four Rules for Effective Negotiations (@anthonytjan): http://bit.ly/Ysu4K
• GM prepares for new CIO (InfoWeek): http://bit.ly/HdLch
• Pirate on When to Negotiate vs Kill Hostages (@dangerroom): http://bit.ly/181urC
• RT @Consensus: Is it better or worse to make the first offer in a negotiation? Check out this tip http://bit.ly/bxrGI
• Microsoft still licking their chops over a Yahoo! meal. http://bit.ly/zDm8H
• Charting lessons from optical illusions (@r1c1): http://bit.ly/8tTei
• RT @hitchandplow: Inside the Octomom Reality Show Contract http://bit.ly/k6HDc
• And for my take on protecting your intangible assets: http://bit.ly/Ak58j
• RT @gtiadvisors: RT @TradeSecretLaw: Learn strategies for protecting the intangible assets in your business.
• RT @mkrigsman: .@vgtero Never a good sign when vendors spend energy criticizing their competitors instead of explaining their own virtues.
• RT @vpynchon: RT @TradeSecretLaw: Negotiation Tip:Say No. http://bit.ly/1sqmHb < Liked it better when Jim Camp wrote it. 😉
• RT @PeterKretzman: RT @billschrier: RT @TechFlash Cool map or wiring diagram of Amazon’s acquisitions over the years: http://bit.ly/yAmIq
• Yet another reason why I don’t like Letters of Intent (HT @ontechcontracts): http://bit.ly/sn9oC
• RT @hitchandplow: (Press Release) Own A Song: SongVest To Auction Royalties For 80’s Hits: http://bit.ly/1Nbm1