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Microsoft to EU Commission: We're Not the Bad Guy; You Are [MS Doc as Text]
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| Yes, the EU Commission is the defendant. It seems it neglected to believe
| Microsoft's experts about how valuable its patents are. And it accuses the
| Commission of accepting reports from the trustee, whom Microsoft hand-picked,
| by the way, based on "documents obtained through powers of investigation that
| the Court of First Instance held to be unlawful." Whoah. No more Mr. Nice Guy
| for Microsoft, I see.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080707192945557
Microsoft criticizes EU's 'unreasonable' judgement
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| According to Microsoft, the Commission made a "manifest error" in deciding
| its prices were unreasonable saying the prices were "intended to facilitate
| negotiations between Microsoft and the prospective licensees."
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| Among other claims, Microsoft said the Commission had ignored evidence from
| patent experts on the subject of whether Microsoft's trade secrets were
| innovative, and it had denied Microsoft a right to be heard as it failed to
| give Microsoft the chance to give its views at the end of the period for
| which it was fined.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/microsoft_launches_ec_fine_appeal/
Microsoft protests EU $1.4b fine
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| The European Commission's response in court hasn't been revealed, though the
| organization maintains that the $1.4 billion fine was "legally sound,"
| according to spokesman Jonathan Todd.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/07/microsoft.protests.eu.fine/
The Cult of Redmond is now daring to accuse a court of law outside their remit
of juridical potency. They are used to the DoJ, where they control the law
with money and power. The spoiled brats are used to a corrupt system.
Related:
Microsoft Finds Legal Defender in Justice Dept.
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| Nearly a decade after the government began its landmark effort to break
| up Microsoft, the Bush administration has sharply changed course by
| repeatedly defending the company both in the United States and abroad
| against accusations of anticompetitive conduct, including the recent
| rejection of a complaint by Google.
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| [...]
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| In the most striking recent example of the policy shift, the top
| antitrust official at the Justice Department last month urged state
| prosecutors to reject a confidential antitrust complaint filed by
| Google that is tied to a consent decree that monitors Microsoft's
| behavior. Google has accused Microsoft of designing its latest
| operating system, Vista, to discourage the use of Google's desktop
| search program, lawyers involved in the case said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/business/10microsoft.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Kroes slams US criticism of EU Microsoft ruling
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| Kroes said that it was "unacceptable" that a representative of the US
| judiciary should criticise a court of law outside his jurisdiction.
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| “It is absolutely not done,” she told journalists on Wednesday.
|
| “The European commission does not pass judgement on US rulings and we should
| expect the same from the US.”
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http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200709/87884c7c-c721-49b1-b6f0-5ba4ece0897c.htm
Microsoft, The European Union, and the United States: A Statement by the AAI
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| The AAI comments on the European Court of First Instance's upholding of the
| EC's Microsoft decision, taking the USDOJ to task for poor diplomacy and
| mistaken policy in its criticism of the EC.
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http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/Archives/miceu3.ashx
Microsoft sets spinners on court verdict
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| Microsoft may have lost in court, but it quickly tried to win the war of
| media reaction via organisations like CompTIA, the Computing Technology
| Industry Association and ACT (the Association for Competitive Technology)
| which both intervened in court on its side.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/17/reaction_microsoft_verdict/
US politicians go to bat for Microsoft
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
Report Says Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff
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| E-mails released by the committee show that Abramoff, often
| with the knowledge of the groups' leaders, exploited the tax-exempt
| status and leveraged the stature of the organizations to build
| support among conservatives for legislation or government action
| sought by clients including Microsoft Corp., mutual fund company
| DH2 Inc., Primedia Inc.'s Channel One Network, and Brown-Forman,
| maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101200889.html
http://tinyurl.com/y2rbpu
Politicians in Microsoft's Pocket
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| Continuing on the theme of which politicians are receiving money from
| who. Here is a list of candidates who took money from MSFT.
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http://www.fonz.net/blog/archives/2007/06/04/politicians-in-microsofts-pocket/
Politics and tech companies: follow the money
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| Microsoft took first place with $651,100 given out, while
| Hewlett-Packard gave only $185,550, and Gateway gave a paltry
| $2,000. Microsoft's donations certainly illustrate well the true
| size of the company and the extent of its political concerns.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
Microsoft Paid Lobbyist $160,000
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| Microsoft Paid Paid Bingham McCutchen $160,000 to Lobby Federal Gov't in
| First Half of 2007
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070905/microsoft_lobbying.html?.v=1
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