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Valenti, Jack, 203, 235, 238–39, 313

ValiCert Inc., 83, 193, 194, 318

Vanity Fair (magazine), 256

VCRs

Napster parallel with 235, 243, 244, 269, 270, 272

U.S. Supreme Court ruling on, 65, 147, 163, 235, 242, 243

venture capitalists, 2, 89–90, 191–221

due diligence and, 63–64

Silicon Valley backgrounds of, 6, 8–10, 89–90, 190

See also specific funds

Vermeer Technologies, 91

Verrier, Raymond, 14

Verrier, Raymond, Jr., 322

videocassette recorders. See VCRs

Vivendi Universal, 157, 302

W

Wainwright, Julie, 267

Wall Street Journal, 220

Walsh, Peter, 302, 304

Walter, Ed, 42

Wang, Charles, 91

Ward, Bruce, 180

Wareham, Dean, 165

warez (pirated software), 36, 103

Warner Brothers (record company), 33, 149, 153, 156, 157

Webby Awards, 211

Webnoize (magazine), 124, 223

digital music conference, 159–60

Weekly, David, 32–33, 183

Ween (band), 167

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 64

Weir, Bob, 30

WheelGroup Corp., 72, 74

“Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (song), 149

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 67, 109–10, 216, 217, 316

Winamp, 31, 32, 73, 170, 196

Winblad, Ann, 211–12, 220

background of, 218

Windows (operating system), 35

Winter, Johnny, 159

Wired (magazine), 122, 124

Rave Awards, 257–58

Wired News (formerly Hotwired), 80, 122

w00w00 (online hacker group), 7, 17–20, 23, 27, 35–36, 38, 166

Word text documents, 239

work-for-hire doctrine, 168

World Wide Web, 29–30, 31, 51, 165, 166

Wrapster, 132, 180

X

Xing Technologies, 30

Xtime, 89, 93, 109, 123–24, 145, 200, 209, 318

Y

Yahoo! Inc., 20, 81, 251

Yale University, 141

Yang, Geoff, 208

Yang, Jerry, 251

Yoakam, Dwight, 167

Z

Zachary, George, 210

ZDNet, 110

Zelnick, Strauss, 263–66

Zero Gravity (Harmon), 220

Zero Gravity Internet Group, 220

Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc., 183–84

Zero.net, 76

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