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posted by CoolHand on Friday April 17 2015, @11:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the bow-to-our-capitalist-overlords dept.

A Venture Capital firm says techies need to get along with government:

From Airbnb to Uber, some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies have been fighting regulators since their inception. Now, one of the tech industry’s most respected venture capital firms wants to help both sides of the battle make nice with each other.

Andreessen Horowitz announced today that it’s launching a new policy and regulatory affairs unit, and that it has appointed Ted Ullyot, Facebook’s former general counsel, to lead the shop. Ullyot, who worked at both the White House and the Department of Justice before coming to the Valley, will be tasked with helping the firm’s portfolio companies see eye to eye with the government regulators with whom they’re increasingly butting heads.

Well, what do techies say, agree with the VC or string them up by their toes and poke them with sticks? Inquiring minds want to know...

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Fauxlosopher on Saturday April 18 2015, @04:14AM

    by Fauxlosopher (4804) on Saturday April 18 2015, @04:14AM (#172293) Journal

    Optional private contracts are still leaps and bounds better than arbitrary decisions made by stuffed suits and forced on others at gunpoint.

    I like the idea of "home owners' associations", even if I can't ever see myself buying property subject to one. (My workaround is to live out in the sticks on enough land so that even having a cement plant built adjacent to my property still won't bug me.)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @06:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @06:23AM (#172317)

    and forced on others at gunpoint.

    It is forced on others by gunpoint; who do you think enforces these stupid contracts?

    • (Score: 1) by Fauxlosopher on Saturday April 18 2015, @08:37AM

      by Fauxlosopher (4804) on Saturday April 18 2015, @08:37AM (#172335) Journal

      It is forced on others by gunpoint; who do you think enforces these stupid contracts?

      Oh, really? What happens in the worst case when someone breaches a civil contract (specifically HOA, but could be any type)? Maybe you get sued in civil court. Maybe a judge allows a lein to be put on the property to cover the alleged losses due to the breach. If you still don't pay up, maybe you get civilian collection agencies sicced on your communications. Still not seeing any guns being brought to bear.

      Of course, on the so-called criminal side of the house, even if you're in the right, government guns come out in your direction pretty darn quick.