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Did anyone guess the name of this mysterious company ? Given that they're worth 4 billion today, I think they could be well known to some HN members.

Also, the part about "getting their technology written into legislation" aka regulatory capture aka monopoly ? Sounds completely legit guys !

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Rovi, formerly Macrovision.

Just search for companies that have had Steve Blank as a board member.

I'd like to explicitly point out that Macrovision, engaged as it has been in copying restriction technology (even getting their standard to be required by law), probably meets the definition of "evil" for a lot of hacker types. I'm not really expressing an opinion here so much as spreading the cognitive dissonance; many people who like Steve Blank probably don't like Macrovision very much.

Wow, great catch. Additionally, the software business which was spun off became Flexera (InstallShield), who are one of the nastiest groups of folks I've ever tried to do business with.

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