document.write('<ol class="tumblr_posts">\x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_quote_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_quote">\x0a                    <span class="tumblr_open_quote">&#147;</span>In an effort to push consumers toward buying more movies, some major film studios are considering a new policy that would block DVDs from being offered for rental until several weeks after going on sale. Under the plan, new DVD releases would be available on a purchase-only basis for a few weeks, after which time companies such as Blockbuster and Netflix would be allowed to rent the DVDs to their customers. The move comes as the studios are grappling with sharply declining DVD revenue, which has long propped up the movie business.<span class="tumblr_close_quote">&#148;</span>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_source">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010126942_dvdrentals24.html" target="_blank">Business &amp; Technology | DVD rental delay considered by Hollywood studios | Seattle Times Newspaper</a></p>\x0a<p>Sawickipedia: This is literally one of the dumbest things i have ever heard w/r/t the media business.  I guarantee this will not lead to more sales.  I also guarantee it will lead to more pirating.</p>\x0a<p>Dumb.</p>\x0a<p>(via <a href="http://sawickipedia.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">sawickipedia</a>)</p>\x0a<p><i>Rex Sez: Extremely stupid idea! I just tweeted the other day how the freemium model isn&#8217;t broken, but just needs to be better utilized. I accidently proved it to myself again by buying music which I previewed many times. It does work, and now we just need to figure out how to apply that logic and process flow to the startup world! The above won&#8217;t work, it&#8217;s a big FAIL before even getting out of the gates. </i></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kri5ukgjRo1qzvat0o1_400.jpg" alt="Business Plan Fail &laquo;&amp;#160;FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://failblog.org/2009/10/14/business-plan-fail/" target="_blank">Business Plan Fail «&#160;FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krdbgh7hFJ1qa1kf9o1_400.png" alt="rafer:\x0a\x0apukomuko:\x0a\x0amikehudack:evangotlib:soupsoup:sweetcaroline\x0a\x0aRafer sez:Don&rsquo;t forget to tell them they can live in the cellar as long as they get there by jumping off the roof and using a casement window as their front door.\x0a\x0aOr give them some blankets loaded with swine flu!" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://rafer.tumblr.com/post/211419978/pukomuko" target="_blank">rafer</a>:</p>\x0a<blockquote>\x0a<p><a href="http://pukomuko.tumblr.com/post/211340431/mikehudack-evangotlib-soupsoup-sweetcaroline" target="_blank">pukomuko</a>:</p>\x0a<blockquote>\x0a<p><a href="http://mhudack.com/post/211329969/evangotlib-soupsoup-sweetcaroline" target="_blank">mikehudack</a>:<a href="http://evangotlib.tumblr.com/post/211312087" target="_blank">evangotlib</a>:<a href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/211309828/sweetcaroline" target="_blank">soupsoup</a>:<a href="http://sweetcaroline.tumblr.com/post/211294830/heyymamawolf-sarahkristenn-via-hammerito" target="_blank">sweetcaroline</a></p>\x0a</blockquote>\x0a<p><i>Rafer sez:</i><br/>Don’t forget to tell them they can live in the cellar as long as they get there by jumping off the roof and using a casement window as their front door.</p>\x0a</blockquote>\x0a<p><i><b>Or give them some blankets loaded with swine flu!</b></i></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqsng6QmsM1qzvat0o1_400.jpg" alt="Toy Fail &laquo;&amp;#160;FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://failblog.org/2009/09/30/toy-fail-4/" target="_blank">Toy Fail «&#160;FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpz71om4XO1qzvat0o1_400.jpg" alt="Texas Stadium Fail\x0aTexas Stadium Fail &laquo;&amp;#160;FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments\x0aMakes me wonder how I endure Windoze on any computer of mine. " class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>Texas Stadium Fail</p>\x0a<p><a href="http://failblog.org/2009/09/14/texas-stadium-fail/" target="_blank">Texas Stadium Fail «&#160;FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments</a></p>\x0a<p><i>Makes me wonder how I endure Windoze on any computer of mine. </i></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_title">Q: Your position on NDAs?</div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p><a href="http://rafer.tumblr.com/post/186140721/q-your-position-on-ndas" target="_blank">rafer</a>:</p>\x0a<blockquote>\x0a<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 202px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54333433@N00/3736369196" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2642/3736369196_d3b89038b9_m.jpg" alt="200/365 S is for SHHH!" style="border: medium none; display: block;" height="240" width="192"/></a>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54333433@N00/3736369196" target="_blank">kharied</a> via Flickr</p>\x0a<p>A: I only sign them for lots of <b>cash</b>.</p>\x0a<p>I had that email exchange with a great founder. He asked for further explanation of my answer. Here it is, with his name deleted:</p>\x0a<blockquote>I’m an outlier on this, though less on this than other things. I’ve never signed a lot of NDAs. It seems the people that do are the people that do not take them very seriously. I’ve always taken all commitments to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality" title="Confidentiality" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">confidentiality</a> very seriously, whether formal or informal.<br/><br/>However, I don’t think there’s anything confidential that you can tell me that which actually has value for ___startup___. I think that’s true of basically every web startup. It’s all about execution at this moment in history. Ideas in isolation are basically worthless and fifteen people have each of them at once. Secrets are also very expensive financially. They closely resemble lies in that regard. I’m too cheap for either.<br/><br/>Given that viewpoint, there’s no business benefit to taking on the additional <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liability" title="Liability" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">legal liability</a> of an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement" title="Non-disclosure agreement" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">NDA</a>, and the only reason to do so is as part of a much larger financial transaction. <br/><br/>[I’m blogging the above, though omitting your name of course.]<br/>\x0a</blockquote>\x0a<div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/639f7d16-af53-4720-b0a5-0f584246cbc3/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" target="_blank"><img style="border: medium none; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=639f7d16-af53-4720-b0a5-0f584246cbc3" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"/></a></div>\x0a</blockquote>\x0a<p><i>Sounds like the smart thing to do, and who wants all that paperwork? We live in a digital age, where we work in virtual environments most of the time. What counts are the people you are doing business with. It may be a business of bits and bytes, but the people you work with end up driving the end results. NDA&#8217;s only skew that view and color it in a way they want you to see it. Plus as @rafer said above - lot&#8217;s of money would help! ;P</i></p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_video_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_video">\x0a                    <object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/obWpf2HZAfg&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/obWpf2HZAfg&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>Supe: The Only One - Drum Cover (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/rexdixon" target="_blank">rexdixon</a>)</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_video_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_video">\x0a                    <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="304" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/541ba07f/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/541ba07f/" width="400" height="304" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler"></embed></object>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://failblog.org/2009/08/18/bus-ride-fail/" target="_blank">Bus Ride Fail «&#160;FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koj4wkHo041qzvat0o1_400.jpg" alt="This is Photobomb: Photojackers of the World Unite!&amp;#160;&raquo; Bombing LoLCat" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://thisisphotobomb.com/2009/08/17/photobomb-that-guy-bombing-lolcat/" target="_blank">This is Photobomb: Photojackers of the World Unite!&#160;» Bombing LoLCat</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koix31yKNv1qzvat0o1_400.jpg" alt="Babysitting Fail &laquo;&amp;#160;FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://failblog.org/2009/08/17/babysitting-fail/" target="_blank">Babysitting Fail «&#160;FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a</ol>');