» Google knew they couldn't work in the UK, but knew that they could succeed in California. Sort of tangentially related, this reminds me of a story (not sure

» Google knew they couldn't work in the UK, but knew that they could succeed in California. Sort of tangentially related, this reminds me of a story (not sure if it is true, I don't even remember the source for it) that movie-making became centered in California because the creative people wanted to not be forced to follow some onerous patents of camera manufacturers or something. Edit: Wikipedia article for Hollywood also says this: » In the early 1900s, most motion picture patents were held by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company in New Jersey, and filmmakers were often sued to stop their productions. To escape this, filmmakers began moving out west to Los Angeles, where attempts to enforce Edison's patents were easier to evade. The citation is http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3871.html http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3871.html