There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission. Prince Rogers Nelson American Musician More Prince Rogers Nelson Quotes 8
There are a number of companies in the area who do artificial foliage very well-- but I'd compare it to when you go to someone's house for dinner. If there is a flower arrangement that is fake, it makes me think differently of that person. Shane Pliska More Shane Pliska Quotes 6
Benchmarking provides an inventory of creative changes that other companies have enacted. John Langley More John Langley Quotes 1
Honest leaders create honest companies. Manipulative leaders create manipulative companies. John Frost More John Frost Quotes 1
Where people make a mistake is that they think high-quality companies will translate into high quality stocks, and that often is not the case. With a popular company, you get high expectations and that can push things up so that the stock is not worth buying for awhile. Nick Raich More Nick Raich Quotes 1
It's like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval for technology. The majority of companies that we compete against are also at this level, so today it's sort of the ticket to the dance. A client is going to check off a variety of boxes when they are analyzing whether to work with a company and this has become, while important, another thing to check off. Jonathan James More Jonathan James Quotes 1
So you need to be careful and have very good operating plans for the companies that you buy. Stephen Schwarzman More Stephen Schwarzman Quotes 1
The simple short story is we play telephone by the telephone rules. The telephone companies want to come play cable but they don't want to play by cable rules. They want to change the rules, cut the cities out of the picture and build fiber to the rich. Tim Vowell More Tim Vowell Quotes 1
Some companies have given disappointing results. Their shares suffer in an environment with risks, including high oil prices and rising interest rates. Edwin Slaghekke More Edwin Slaghekke Quotes 1
Investors are reassured zero interest rates will continue for some time, and given Japan's strengthening economic growth, companies stand to profit. Koji Uchida More Koji Uchida Quotes 1
Tech companies in general are going to have a multiplier effect versus the GDP. So as long as the GDP stays relatively strong, tech earnings should be a multiplier of that. If we see the GDP slow down markedly, then we could have a real problem in technology. But we don't see that yet. Larry Seibert More Larry Seibert Quotes 0
Young kids and teenagers are exposed to music celebrities a lot more than they are to athletes, and companies are capitalizing on that fact. Larry Weindruch More Larry Weindruch Quotes 0
Both are very proud companies coming out of very proud nations, and this could again make a deal a bit tricky. One has to ask how easily two super-strong engineering cultures can collaborate when both think they are the best in the world. Lars Godell More Lars Godell Quotes 0
Consumers and businesses are going to live in the real world and the Internet world. The lesson is: Traditional companies that are tied into the Internet ought to have more growth and Internet companies that are tied into more traditional companies should have more profitability and stability. Lanny Baker More Lanny Baker Quotes 0
More of a problem with Y2K relates to medium- and small-sized companies that don't have the savvy or the money to fix the problem. Laura Lederman More Laura Lederman Quotes 0
We have nothing to add. We seriously talk to hundreds of companies every year and we maintain confidentiality in any negotiations we have until there is a deal. Lara Wade More Lara Wade Quotes 0
[Microsoft's omnipresence was apparent at the show in statements from executives of open source companies.] Microsoft is the largest software company in the world. They are our competition, ... The day when they're not the competition is when we'll stop talking about them. Larry Augustin More Larry Augustin Quotes 0
With development infrastructure, sometimes we would find (companies) spending more time working on the (Linux) infrastructure for the project than working on the project itself. Larry Augustin More Larry Augustin Quotes 0
More flexibility could help create employment in several sectors, especially for small companies for which it is difficult to grow. Laure Maillard More Laure Maillard Quotes 0
We see a very compelling strategic fit and see our combined companies strongly positioned to compete in the marketplace. Larry Glasscock More Larry Glasscock Quotes 0
The Internet means record companies have to fight a bit harder. Laurence Bell More Laurence Bell Quotes 0
Today, the logic is to say that we must do everything to prevent unemployment, so companies should not be able to lay workers off. But the real question should be how do we make getting a job easier? Laurence Parisot More Laurence Parisot Quotes 0
The tobacco company can kill us. The package food companies can clog our arteries. The oil companies can provoke wars. But, apparently, there's no industry more despicable than the music industry. We are hated just because we refuse to acknowledge the public's God-given rights to steal music. Larry Kenswil More Larry Kenswil Quotes 0
There is an awakening occurring at the traditional media companies. Larry Kramer More Larry Kramer Quotes 0
Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make critical statements about anybody, unless those statements are malicious. Lawrence Lessig More Lawrence Lessig Quotes 0