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eCounsel group

A boutique firm with unparalleled expertise in business and technology. We have good command of industrial ecology and legal practice, and have undertaken highly regarded cases. Because the small business scope, we pay more emphasis on effectiveness and efficiency, and choose clients with deliberation. The managing partner not only has extensive experiences in various legal issues more over than 20 years, but invests and manages several technology companies. In addition, he always checks each case rigorously. Clients’ business objectives are our primary focus. To achieve the same in the most cost-effective fashion trumps all seemingly sophisticated legal discussions.

Amazon's Dominance in Video Streaming

2015 - 09 - 05

Amazon to Buy Video Reformatter Elemental Technologies
Amazon.com Inc. is putting itself at the center of the Web video boom.

The Seattle retailer agreed to acquire Elemental Technologies Inc., which helps media companies convert video to be played on the Web and on mobile devices.

其實，即便在美國，你如果對於cable 公司（像 Comcast）已不抱有任何希望，而下定決心成為 Cord-cutter 「剪線族」時，你還是得有心理準備：一堆原來在電視上的頻道從此看不到了。

Amazon 清楚這個問題。雖然在它現在的視頻庫裡，包括在年費$99的吃到飽方案中或需單獨另租（搜尋 Netflix 一樣會發現有很多東西不包括在固定月費的吃到飽方案中，但線上視頻單獨另租的模式它目前還沒有）的主流電影或電視影集之數量早就多到你三輩子看不完，但不論如何，就是有人會想看體育台、地區新聞台、像 ABC/CBS 這種全國新聞網、 soap opera、脫口秀….. 等等，這些在 Amazon video 裡都沒有，就算加上我之前用的 Sling TV，涵蓋的範圍還是有限。

再加上，富有創意的 Aereo 在2014就被告到收攤。

剪線族究竟該何去何從?

Bezos 剛剛用五億美金買了 Elemental，這家已經幫一大堆傳統頻道主供數位轉檔和串流的”軍火”商，進 Amazon 的目地昭然若揭。

在這個戰場上 Amazon 會打贏 Netflix。這不是現在誰大誰小的問題，而是與視頻習習相關之生態系的佈建廣度和深度的問題。

在這裡透露一點提示：metadata, IMDB, embedded infomercials.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-buy-video-reformatter-elemental-technologies-1441313237

Amazon, Bezos, CIA, Elemental, embedded infomercials, IMDB, IT, metadata, Netflix, PE, streaming

Loans vs. Global Recession

2016-01-22

Ex BIS chief economist William White warns of epic debt tsunami worse than 2007 全球恐面臨債務海嘯前國際清算銀行（BIS）首席經濟學家懷特（William White）警告，全球金融體系日益不穩定，面臨一波巨大的債務海嘯，情勢比2007年時更糟，可能對社會與政治穩定帶來嚴峻考驗。懷特現任經濟合作發展組織（OECD）審查委員會主席，他在達沃斯世界經濟論壇舉行前夕接受英國電訊報訪問時說：「現在的情況比2007年糟。我們用來抗衰退的總體經濟彈藥基本上全用光了。」 “A global recession made in China” 以下將對於全球投資人預期中國經濟前景之分析：中國拿青春賭明天的超簡化10點例示 1. 煉鋼廠以土地廠房抵押向銀行借款百億，擴充產能大聘工人 2. 建商向銀行土融建融借十億，蓋樓房預售 3. 煉鋼廠員工薪資提高，靠銀行貸款買樓 4. 銀行貸款業務爆衝，行員加薪也貸款買樓 5. 二年後景氣下滑，煉鋼廠產能過剩，裁員減薪 6.…

Apple to Invest in Original Content

2015-09-02

Apple’s Move Into Content Creation Could Devastate Netflix And Amazon Summary Apple is reported to be recruiting executives to head up a content creation effort. Apple will probably fund outside production companies to create Apple exclusive…

Should Only Publicly Traded Companies Implement Internal Controls?

2011-11-25

The answer is obviously no, every company should implement internal controls. For instance, a company with NTD$ 200 million annual sales is not a big company in Taiwan, but failure in internal controls could cause millions…

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