Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 5th Apr 2007 18:26 UTC, submitted by jeanmarc
In a spat over royalties, the European Commission has declared war on accepted global conventions regarding intellectual property rights.
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2006-12-28
MollyC, that truly is utter rubbish. The EU is a union of member states and in itself cannot hate anyone, either rationally or not.
As for the EU having a bone to pick with MS, it sure does. You see, we here in the EU have laws that cannot be circumvented by funding the next presidential election. This is something that MS does not seem to realize and when the EU rules that you are, illegally, using your monopoly to kill competition than you, wanting to do business in the EU, must comply with what the EU has decreed is a just punishment.
In th US, there are similar laws in place that have been drafted specifically to protect the consumer, i.e. you and me. The fact that MS was able to buy it's way out of the anti trust suits filled against it buy the US justice system does not mean that MS is in any way off the hook.
Edited 2007-04-05 20:57 UTC