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[News] [Rival] Possible DRM Lawsuit over Apple, Windows Vista, Flash, and Real Player

iPod, iTunes cited in new legal filing against Apple

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| The DMCA, signed into law in 1998, makes it illegal to manufacture
| products that are designed to circumvent copy protection. Accordingly,
| MRT has filed Cease and Desist letters against Apple, Microsoft,
| Adobe and Real to stop production or sale of products that
| infringe on the DMCA.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070510/tc_macworld/mrt20070510;_ylt=Aj3meANgbq7C29hLuW6ccZojtBAF


Related:

Software rivals say Microsoft's Vista illegal in Europe (at CNNMoney.com)

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| Software manufacturers, citing 2004 European Commission finding,
| contend the operating system violates server laws in Europe.
|
| [...]
|
| "Vista is the first step of Microsoft's strategy to extend its market 
| dominance to the Internet," the ECIS statement said.
|
| It said Microsoft's XAML markup language was "positioned to replace HTML," 
| the industry standard for publishing documents on the Internet.
| 
| Microsoft's own language would be dependent on Windows, and discriminatory 
| against rival systems such as Linux, the group says.
|
| They said a so-called "open XML" platform file format, known as OOXML, is 
| designed to run seamlessly only on the Microsoft Office platform.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/26/news/international/bc.vista.microsoft.eu.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote

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