Showing posts with label antitrust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antitrust. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Floyd Mayweather’s Promoter Sued By Manny Pacquiao's Promoter For $100,000,000 Alleging Bribery, Sabotage, Monopoly And Antitrust Practices

The Gloves Come Off


Al Haymon (center) and Floyd Mayweather (right)

Bob Arum, the promoter of boxer, Manny Pacquiao, under the Top Rank company, has sued, Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions. Haymon is a promoter and manager for the world's highest paid boxer, Floyd Mayweather, among other top pugilists. Haymon used to be a top music promoter in the entertainment industry, responsible for many lucrative R&B and rap concerts in the 1980s and 1990s.


Bob Arum and Manny Pacquiao

Arum is accusing Haymon of engaging in a boxing monopoly, anti-trust violations and sabotaging other promoters and boxers, as well as issuing payola type bribes in the sport. Recently, Haymon launched the Premier Boxing Champions series on the NBC network in America, allowing the public watch boxing matches for free, features stars such as Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter. However, another top boxing promotions company, Golden Boy, also sued Hayon alleging the very same thing - he is running a monopoly and violating U.S. anti-trust laws.


Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao

In all honesty, I have been enjoying the Premier Boxing Champions show on NBC. It is interesting and entertaining. However, if Top Rank and Golden Boy lay out sufficient evidence of a monopoly and anti-trust violations, with the matter properly proven and it reaches the SEC and FTC, Haymon could face charges and a whopping fine from the government. At the end of the day, we all want a clean fight inside and outside the ring.

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Al Haymon Sued by Top Rank Promotions: Latest Details and Reaction

July 1, 2015 - Embattled Premier Boxing Champions promoter Al Haymon is readying for another legal battle, as Top Rank Promotions filed a lawsuit against him Wednesday. Attorneys at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Frankel representing Haymon released a statement regarding the Top Rank lawsuit, (via Wil Esco at BadLeftHook.com).

The lawsuit filed today (Wednesday) by Bob Arum and Top Rank is entirely without merit and is a cynical attempt by boxing's old guard to use the courts to undermine the accessibility, credibility and exposure of boxing that the sport so desperately needs. "The Premier Boxing Champions series makes boxing free again, by bringing championship boxing to free TV, with a fighter-first promise and a commitment to the fans to restore boxing to the luster of its heyday. The continued success of this effort will far outlast this baseless lawsuit.

Haymon has become arguably the most prominent promoter and manager in boxing in recent years, but Bob Arum and Top Rank Promotions are looking to put a stop to that. According to Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, Top Rank is suing Haymon for more than $100 million in damages due to the notion that he is attempting to create a boxing monopoly by taking on multiple roles...

The lawsuit also claims Haymon is intentionally losing money for now in order to gain the upper hand over other promotions. In order to stifle legitimate promoters from competing against PBC, Haymon has obtained exclusivity commitments from broadcasters. Between these predatory 'payola' payments and the expenses of promoting each televised match, Haymon and Waddell & Reed are operating at a significant short-term loss in the millions of dollars. This 'loss leader' strategy ... has allowed Haymon to gain unfair advantage in the promoter market to the severe detriment of legitimate competitors like Top Rank...

Such accusations are nothing new for Haymon, who was sued by Golden Boy Promotions for $300 million in May due to alleged violations of antitrust laws, according to ESPN.com's Dan Rafael. Haymon was also accused by California Boxing Commission Commissioner John Frierson of sabotaging other promoters by reserving both the Forum and the Staples Center in Los Angeles in an effort to prevent competition from holding events, per Ivan G. Goldman of BoxingInsider.com...

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Mountain View Government Awards LinkedIn Large Land Parcel Over Google Destroying The Tech Giant's Plans For A Dream Campus


Google's planned campus rejected

The tide is turning against Google abroad and at home. A number of anti-trust rulings have gone against tech giant Google in Europe, with world governments seeking to rein the company in. Now problems are cropping up in Google's backyard, namely Mountain View, California, where the company is headquartered. The city of Mountain View has awarded smaller tech company, LinkedIn, a massive swathe of land, rejecting Google's bid for the property.

In what is being described as a "stinging defeat" for Google, the city awarded LinkedIn 1.4 million square feet. Google was award a much smaller parcel consisting of 515,000 square feet, which is inadequate to build the company's new dream campus, which would have consisted of four huge buildings. Google angrily protested the news, with its real estate representative stating, "To have one building — it’s a significant blow. I’m not sure how I make any of this economically viable with one building."    

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LinkedIn Foils Google’s Ambitious Office Plans in Mountain View

May 6, 2015, 3:22 PM PDT - In February, Google unmasked a blueprint for a massive expansion of its mothership — four futuristic, eco-friendly campus sites, designed by star architects “to blur,” in Google’s words, “the distinction between our buildings and nature.” Last night, the Mountain View city council put the kibosh on that plan.

By a 4-3 vote, the council approved just one site for Google, stretching 515,000 square feet. It gave the bulk of available real estate — two-thirds of 2.2 million square feet — to LinkedIn. Silicon Valley Business Journal has the (lengthy) deets. David Radcliffe, Google’s chief of real estate, reportedly protested to the city council: “I’m not sure how I make any of this economically viable with one building.”...
 
 
In stinging defeat for Google, LinkedIn scores lion's share of real estate capacity in Mountain View's North Bayshore

May 6, 2015, 6:51am PDT Updated: May 6, 2015, 7:30am PDT - LinkedIn Corp. came away the clear victor late Tuesday in a pitched battle with neighbor Google Inc. and real estate developers for building rights in Mountain View’s North Bayshore district. The question now: What does Google do next?

The city council handed LinkedIn about 1.4 million square feet, the lion’s share of roughly 2.2 million square feet of available commercial square footage for the area. Google came away with 515,000 square feet — enough for just one piece of its futuristic four-part campus expansion. Your user’s guide to Mountain View’s real estate judgment day

“To have one building — it’s a significant blow,” David Radcliffe, vice president of real estate and workplace services for Google, told the council before the vote. Google representatives declined to talk to me after the meeting.

The outcome is clearly a huge disappointment for Google, which had requested essentially all of the available office space in February under a new city land-use plan that saw way more demand than supply. While no one expected Google to get all of its request, the relatively small allocation clearly stung the search giant, and a visibly upset Radcliffe openly questioned the reduced project’s feasibility.
 

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Europe Lays Out Plan For Breaking Up Tech Giant Google Which Is A Monopoly Violating Anti-Trust Laws Worldwide



Google 

The European parliament is on the verge of calling for the break-up of tech giant Google. The company has essentially become a monopoly, engaging in abusive anti-trust behavior and financially fraudulent conduct, believing they are above the law. The Judiciary Report has personally witnessed and experienced Google unconstitutionally punishing this site (and others) for engaging in the right to free speech, against those the company is aligned with politically and financially.

Many bloggers have complained that Google financially punished them in canceling ad revenue accounts via their company Ad Sense, for publishing articles criticizing President Obama (among others), who has hired executives from the tech company to work in his administration in well paying jobs being underwritten by taxpayers. It is their reward and payment for unconstitutional behavior.

Google has unlawfully engaged in financially and socially abusive conduct towards those, who do not shower with praise, its high paying allies, such as the Obama Administration and select stars, who spend large sums with Ad Sense. This conduct is fraudulent, illegal and un-American. Only in communist nations are people punished for expressing their opinions that criticize the government and others with ties to them. However, if you live in a communist nation, you know the rules and what can happen.


 
Google's Larry Page

Living in a western nation such as America, that espouses free speech, one does not expect a liberal, conservative hating administration to spit on the U.S. Constitution and people's right to free speech and free press. Yet so many conservatives in America have been burned by the Obama administration and spoke out about it online and in the press (see "Related Articles" below for stories the Judiciary Report broke first about the Obama administration, such as the NSA spying scandal and IRS harassing conservatives).

Furthermore, where has it gotten the administration? The public has witnessed the scandals, abusiveness and violations of people's rights and in a historic vote, sent Obama's allies out of office this month. Democrats rushed to distance themselves from the president prior to the election, fearing they would hemorrhage votes. If the administration doe not desist with the corrupt conduct, the 2016 election results will be the same. The public is tired of the corruption.

There are some who espouse views I don't agree with, but I respect their right to voice their lawful opinions. I'm a grown woman, so I understand, people have the right to independent thought and contrasting opinions. Therefore, whatever I don't agree with, I simply read and move on from or ignore. However, I'm being harassed by an immature imbecile at Google hell-bent on destroying people for their opinions, when most people learn in Kindergarten to respect other people's rights. More harassment occurred last week.



Barack Obama

Google has reached the point that they violate their own terms of service via the contracts they sign with bloggers on millions of websites, as well as those with YouTube accounts that have the tech company's advertising. It not a matter of them paying people their fair share. Google is now using sites to run ads, then reneging on paying them to punish people for expressing their right to free speech against the company's allies. When people sue, Google corrupts the legal system in conduct that is going to firmly embed them in world history in a shameful and disgraceful place.

After I filed the case Aisha v. Google, where the company owes me over $25,000 for ads it ran on my sites, as well as additional money in damages over a sick website the mentally deranged Kabbalah Center, headed up by crazy pop star, Madonna,  fraudulently erected in my name as a means of destroying my name and endangering my safety, other came forward with stories of being cheated out of ad revenue by Google as well. Recently, a man sued Google stating they owe him $40,000 in ad revenue for Google Ad Sense ads they ran on his site. A consumer law firm has also since filed a class action lawsuit against Google for defrauding bloggers out of Ad Sense revenue. However, so arrogant and abusive is overblown monopoly Google that they decided they are not going to pay him, in conduct they have unethically done to others.

I am going to make a prediction about Google. If they continue this abusive anti-trust behavior in America and the world, deeming they are so big people have to deal with them and take any garbage they dish out, the company is going to be severely weakened and go the way of other collapsed tech giants, who decided they were above the law. There is such a thing as going too far and Google firmly has its foot on that line. Be careful of corruptly winning the battle, then losing the war (your company). Google are behaving like the nerdy kids in school, who got picked on and were overlooked by the cool kids and now that they're all grown up and have made money, they think they can hypocritically abuse everyone else as revenge. Grow up before your company goes belly up.

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Google break-up plan emerges from Brussels

November 21, 2014 6:23 pm - Google is celebrating its 15th anniversary as the company reaches $290 billion market value. The European parliament is poised to call for a break-up of Google, in one of the most brazen assaults so far on the technology group’s power. The gambit increases the political pressure on the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, to take a tougher line on Google, either in its antitrust investigation into the company or through the introduction of laws to curb its reach.

A draft motion seen by the Financial Times says that “unbundling [of] search engines from other commercial services” should be considered as a potential solution to Google’s dominance. It has the backing of the parliament’s two main political blocs, the European People’s Party and the Socialists.

 A vote to effectively single out a big US company for censure is extremely rare in the European parliament and is in part a reflection of how Germany’s politicians have turned against Google this year. German centre-right and centre-left politicians are the dominant force in the legislature and German corporate champions, from media groups to telecoms, are among the most vocal of Google’s critics.

Since his nomination to be the EU’s digital commissioner, Germany’s Günther Oettinger has suggested hitting Google with a levy for displaying copyright-protected material; has raised the idea of forcing its search results to be neutral; and voiced concerns about its provision of software for cars.

Google has become a lightning rod for European concerns over Silicon Valley, with consumers, regulators and politicians assailing the company over issues ranging from its commercial dominance to its privacy policy. It has reluctantly accepted the European Court of Justice’s ruling on the right to be forgotten, which requires it to consider requests not to index certain links about people’s past...



Friday, April 19, 2013

Rappers Faking Finances (Jay-Z And Diddy)


Jay-Z

Some folks try to emulate the lavish lifestyle of rappers, not realizing many of them are faking it. Years ago rap group the Roots had a music video humorously revealing the fact, most of what rappers flaunt is often rented. Many rappers are pretenders. A recent hacking of financial data revealed both Jay-Z and Diddy, two of the most famous rappers in the industry, have debt problems and items in collections.

However, their public image is that of bragging about their mansions, cars, clothes and jewelry. They are seen partying and sipping expensive champagne that some of them couldn't even pronounce correctly (see: Jay-Z). They insert themselves in political and business circles way above their stations in life, with no sense of decorum or humility regarding their actions (see: Jay-Z).

Jay-Z is a crook and ignoramus stealing people's copyrights and business plans, he does not understand and promptly runs into the ground, while pretending to be an entrepreneur (another word he pronounced incorrectly while bragging about his alleged business accomplishments that are without merit).

Due to his bewildering, inexplicable ties to the President of the United States, Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce, a woman who has been sued repeatedly for copyright infringement, theft, fraud and bad business dealings, believe they can do anything, even if it is illegal. So much so, the couple recently embarrassed President Obama and placed his job in jeopardy, regarding a trip to Cuba they tried to blame him for when the brown stuff hit the fan.

Everything Jay-Z touches turns to garbage. The ex-drug dealer, who still brags about selling drugs, stole business plans for restaurants, a hotel, a management company and a sports company, with all of said ventures hitting the wall shortly after being launched. His so-called hotel failed before the doors even opened. His restaurant in Vegas was involuntarily shuttered. His sports bar in New York was sued by employees he treated like slaves, refusing to pay them and was temporarily shuttered by the health department for gross code violations regarding the food.

His former record label Rockafella, which he started with drug money, was closed - this after Jay-Z fraudulently inflated the value thereof, only for the public to find out the company and accompanying clothing line were worth very little. His stake in the New Jersey Nets (Brooklyn Nets) was very minor and severely diluted, though he went around like the emperor with no clothes in claiming he owned the team. His stake therein was valued at $350,000 - peanuts, especially in comparison to the real owner's share of stock in the multi-million dollar team Jay-Z has been pushed out of. He didn't even own 1% of the team. At the end of the day that's not an owner - simply an investor. That's like buying a few shares in Apple then going around telling everyone you own the company. Delusions of grandeur.

 

Diddy

At least Diddy went to university for a time and has some understanding of business. His clothing line Sean John was professionally done and maintained a level of quality worthy of a global brand. His label Badboy did sell a lot of records for a time (however, the music was very negative and profane). But Diddy spends too much money and parties to extremes, which would destroy just about anyone's finances. The hack revealed Diddy is millions in debt and had a big foreclosure on one of his properties.

Years ago a friend of mine who is a songwriter, was given Diddy's number and told to give it to me, regarding my songs (I have a copyrighted catalog of over 15,000 songs that I began authoring when I was a kid, as I come from a family of accomplished published writers, playwrights and journalists). My dad, one of Jamaica's top radio disc jockeys and musicologists, whose radio show is broadcast to millions around the world every month, didn't want me to get mixed up with Diddy. I wasn't too keen on the idea either, so I didn't call when my friend gave me his number. I'm not into that wild life Badboy is known for.

Just the other day, I saw one of the mothers of Diddy's kids Kim Porter at a restaurant in passing. Diddy pays her (and others) large sums of money in child support, maintaining very lavish lifestyles for the women he impregnates (and it's helping to bankrupt him).

God never intended for Diddy (or anyone else for that matter) to have all these "baby mothers" necessitating one maintaining so many households. He should have been married and kept it all in one place. However, a number of entertainers and athletes are going bankrupt due to promiscuity and the financial consequences thereof.

At the end of the day, be careful who your role models are. The entertainment industry is often smoke and mirrors. Many like to project an image of wealth and success, but a number of people are nowhere near as rich as they claim and rely on illegal means such as copyright infringement, ponzi schemes, financial theft and drug dealing for ill-gotten gains. However, the FBI allows this criminality, facilitating what is essentially a mafia and monopoly.

In closing, be happy with your life and earn an honest living. Stop trying to be like certain people on TV, who aren't worthy of your respect and admiration.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Rupert Murdoch Is Running An Illegal Monopoly

The Brazen Violation Of Anti-Trust Laws

Rupert Murdoch

One of the most greedy, evil people on the planet, Rupert Murdoch, is on the hot seat again in the British phone hacking hearings, for running a monopoly. Murdoch owns 37% of the newspapers in Britain, which is not a good thing. The man has terrorized countless people in Britain, Europe and America, via his company News Corp and newspaper subsidiary News International.

Murdoch loves to use his minions to illegally dig dirt on other people, via phone hacking, computer hacking and stalking, then publishes it for an undue financial profit, but refuses to write about his incontinence and erectile dysfunction. What happened to being "fair and balanced." 

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Google Under Investigation By The U.S. Government


FTC Investigation

The FTC has announced they are opening an investigation into Google for antitrust behavior. The FTC believes Google is operating as a monopoly and wants to probe if the tech giant needs to be broken up, for violating the nation's corporate laws.

Obama and Google

Barack Obama

A week ago, an article was published on the Politico website, about a new Google advertising program that was said to be offered to President Obama before anyone else, which would not only advertise his reelection campaign, but harvest personal information, such as consumers and readers email addresses, among other things. Previously, a number of sites published articles about the relationship between the President and Google (Obama's Relationship With Google Under Fire Over Blocking Free Speech And Free Press).

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Have The iTunes Charts Diminished The Importance Of The Billboard Charts


Have the iTunes music charts lessened the significance of the Billboard music charts? It appears so. In a sign of how much the music game has changed, people are more frequently invoking the iTunes digital downloads charts, as a measure of success, rather than the Billboard music charts, which are more corruptible and open to payola, as air play still figures into tabulations.

As a result, songs by internet stars such as Rebecca Black, have placed higher on the iTunes Charts, which is based on digital sales, than artists such as Beyonce and Rihanna. This is not a negative development, as it is leveling the playing field, much in the same manner YouTube has done for those that can't get on MTV or BET.

It should be noted, iTunes does not include sales of physical CDs, only albums in digital format. However, for indie artists, iTunes is better than nothing and has become a useful tool in living their dreams of being an entertainer.

Rebecca Black

One has to remember, Billboard has been so corrupted from its inception, for a very long time, black artists were largely kept off all mainstream charts, even though they outsold some of their white counterparts, in blacklisting that began to loosen its grip twenty years ago. For many years, country music was also disregarded by the Billboard album charts, as a small, select group of labels heads, who set the agenda in music, deemed it too backwater and unsophisticated - in spite of the fact country artists were outselling pop and rock stars.

However, Hollywood is not happy with the current developments, regarding the impact of the iTunes charts and YouTube, as aspects of it are out of their control (surprise, surprise). You see, Hollywood, the music industry included, runs like the mafia (because they are the mafia). The industry is chock full of antitrust, monopolies, extensive price fixing, payola, Billboard chart rigging and racketeering, all illegal under U.S. law.

For a time, the industry loudly complained and wanted to own a great chunk of iTunes and collect more royalties, after Apple rescued them from the destructive clutches of Sean Fanning (Napster). As they see it, they should be the only ones to make money, even if the copyrights, patents and trademarks involved that comprise iTunes, do not belong to them. That's basically Hollywood's attitude towards everything - unbridled greed and theft.

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Miley Cyrus Slams YouTube Stars Like Justin Bieber And Rebecca Black


Miley Cyrus

18-year-old singer, Miley Cyrus, slammed YouTube stars, by stating, "It should be harder to be an artist." Cyrus was making reference to artists such as Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black, who've gained fame from the frequently visited website YouTube.

What Cyrus fails to understand is the terrible politics, corruption, bribery and payola that goes on in the music industry. The entire industry is rigged. It operates as a monopoly and outsiders are not welcome. Major labels have turned to acts of violence to enforce this mafia-like rule.

Justib Bieber

Therefore, for the outsider seeking to expose their music to a global audience, YouTube is an outlet to do so. It levels the playing field to some degree. As a result, there are a number of very talented artists on YouTube, gaining exposure, while searching for their big break. Justin Bieber is the most successful to date, having sold 10,000,000 records worldwide.

Cyrus' dad became famous as a singer in the 1990s and ushered her into the entertainment industry as a singer and actress, using his connections. Therefore, she avoided much of the horrible abuse and exploitation many aspiring artists go through.

Rebecca Black

Cyrus has no clue what it's like, in a depraved industry that preys on young newcomers, calling them nobodies fit for theft and financial and sexual exploitation. Cyrus had the easy way to fame thanks to her dad. The Judiciary Report is not knocking that, but Cyrus fails to see both sides of the issue.

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