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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Feb 2008 18:33 UTC, submitted by JJ

"Microsoft was fined a record 899 million euros (USD 1.35 billion) by the European Commission on Wednesday for using high prices to discourage software competition in the latest sanction in their long-running battle. The executive arm of the European Union said the U.S. software group defied a 2004 order from Brussels to provide the information on reasonable terms. Microsoft has now been fined a total of 1.68 billion euros by the EU for abusing its 95 percent dominance of PC operating systems through Windows."

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RE[2]: Thats Crazy

by J.R. on Wed 27th Feb 2008 19:14 UTC in reply to "RE: Thats Crazy"

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2007-07-25

They dont come up with the figure from thin air you know, just the same way a judge comes up with a figure for you to pay something. From what I've seen it's based on a percentage of what you earn or gross.

Yeah its almost like RIAA wants you to pay a million and a half per album you pirated.

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