What a waste of good internet.....big companies always are in a law suite or something for money....they have billions and still are hungry for more

Big fish attempting to eat small fish?  Nothing new!  Small fish, attempting to be big fish...nothing new!  But who knows what the confidentiality agreement, the NDA and the rest of the upfront documents entailed.  Suggestion, if you are a small creative fish and try to deal with big fish, taking a look at the "lightening in the bottle" needs to be accompanied with sizable non-refundable show-and-tell monies, stiff penalties and years of no-compete conditions.  As an advocate of all talented small fish, we agonize for ActiveRain, knowing that even industry leaders may, at times, attempt to take advantage of us, especially when the industry can't reinvent itself internally due to bloated bureacracy and its need to protect its organizational flow chart. Prediction: after months and perhaps years of legal quibbling a settlement in the hundreds of thousands.  As usual, the big winners will be lawyers. www.REALonomics.net

Hmmm. It'd be interesting to see this play out in a trial. Seems like AR has already valued their secret sauce at $33 mil. Will a jury see it that way?

I can't imagine a trial being anything less than a bad dream for Move. Wasn't it just a few months ago that Realtor.com (operated by Move) announced they'd be offering free Blogs to Realtors?

Hmmm, so let me see: Move lets on back in March that they'll be buying AR. And, in anticipation of adding the special sauce to their own lunch menu, instructs AR to cease any other partnerships with Move's competitors, potential other M&A opportunities and hold-off on financing plans. But, in the meantime, Move's free to continue their own development and competitive plans? ("And, oh by the way, how about e-mailing me those docs I asked for about your platform and membership?")

Then, a little while later: "Thanks for e-mailing me those docs. Oh, and on that other thing? Fuggedaboutit. But, hey, check out the cool new back-end we just built for Realtors to create free blogs."

Yep. I think it'll make interesting reading. The only thing that'll put a damper (pun intended) on the whole Moving-Rain-thing is if they settle out of court "for an undisclosed sum" with neither party admitting to wrong doing. Then I'll never know how much the darned sauce retails for. ;-)