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Microsoft Anti-piracy Technology Is Patent Infringement
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| News Analysis. Some court rulings are just rich with irony. Today, April 8, a
| jury found that Microsoft infringed on Uniloc patents for product activation.
| Microsoft uses the technology to protect its software from theft. Who's
| stealing from whom?
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| I expect to read lots of comments on this blog praising today's jury verdict,
| which ordered Microsoft to pay Uniloc $388 million. Gauging from comments on
| past posts about product activation, many of you don't much like it.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/microsoft_antipiracy_technology_is_patent_thief.html
Yesterday:
Microsoft hit with €9m fine over German pricing
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| The German competition authority, the BundesKartellamt, has fined Microsoft
| €9m for colluding with retailers to set the price of "Office Home and Student
| 2007".
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/04/08/mmicrosoft_competition_fine/
German gov't fines Microsoft for 'influencing' Office resale prices
http://www.betanews.com/article/German-govt-fines-Microsoft-for-influencing-Office-resale-prices/1239206434
Bundeskartellamt verhängt Millionen-Bußgeld gegen Microsoft [Update]
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Bundeskartellamt-verhaengt-Millionen-Bussgeld-gegen-Microsoft-Update--/meldung/135953
Still a bunch of criminals. The authorities should take a look at EDGI and
the 'OEM re commands' scam.
Related:
Crimes Microsoft Gets Away With - So Far
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| News publications are cautious about making accusations, and because of that,
| some nasty acts of Microsoft are essentially being erased from the record.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft convinced Baystar Capital to put $50 Million dollars into SCO's
| lawsuit against IBM and other Open Source users, and promised to "backstop"
| Baystar's investment if SCO lost money, according to this sworn testimony.
| But I'm told that one person's testimony, even sworn testimony, isn't proof.
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http://technocrat.net/no-cache/d/2008/7/30/46981
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