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On Deadpool Watch: Joost Puts UK Subsidiary Into Liquidation
uk.techcrunch.com - 10/14/2009
On Deadpool Watch: Joost Puts UK Subsidiary Into Liquidation
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The once immensely hyped and heavily-funded video company Joost continues its unceremonious journey to the deadpool . TechCrunch Europe has learnt that the startup, famously co-founded by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström , put its UK subsidiary into liquidation at the beginning ...
Skype Founders’ Injunction May Derail Skype Buyout [GigaOM]
gigaom.com - 10/14/2009
Skype Founders’ Injunction May Derail Skype Buyout [GigaOM]
— gigaom.com — Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the founders of Skype, though their Joltid and Joost businesses, are seeking... an injunction against Mike Volpi and Index Ventures that would prevent Volpi and Index from completing a deal agreed to in September to ... (more) Skype Founders’ Injunction May Derail Skype Buyout [GigaOM]

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kara.allthingsd.com - 10/14/2009
Exclusive: Skype Founders Keep on Punching–File Injunction Against Volpi and Index
— kara.allthingsd.com — Joost and Joltid filed a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and also... Index Ventures, where he now works as a partner, asking that he not use knowledge or information he got at the video start-up in current ... (more) Exclusive: Skype Founders Keep on Punching–File ...

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Joost: Volpi Was Forced Out As Chair, ‘Investigation’ Underway
paidcontent.co.uk - 10/14/2009
Joost: Volpi Was Forced Out As Chair, ‘Investigation’ Underway
— paidcontent.co.uk — Joost: Volpi Was Forced Out As Chair, ‘Investigation’ Underway... (more) Joost: Volpi Was Forced Out As Chair, ‘Investigation’ ...

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Tim Berners-Lee to Hollywood: Move from "Channels" to Random Access
Beet.TV — ... the W3C's Chief Architect Philippe Le Garet on the implementation of the semantic Web with data and video.  Philippe addresses the pioneeering work of Joost in creating rich metadata around its content.  Unfortunately Joost is closing shop, according to a report on TechCrunch. ...

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Skype Buyout In Danger Of Failing — The Next Web
The proposed buyout of Skype, the internet telephony giant, is in danger . The original founders have begun to seek an injunction against the deal, working hard to prevent it from ever coming to bear. The injunction specifically targets Index Ventures and Mike Volpi, claiming that Volpi has ...
Skype Founders Are Trying to Block Skype Sale [Business] — Gizmodo
The two Skype founders are trying to block the sale of Skype from eBay to Mike Volpi and Index Ventures, claiming that the buyers are using unlicensed means of Skype's source code to bypass having to pay a royalty to the two founders. It's all very money/corporate/tech talk, but how it relates ...