ANTITRUST
SITES
Microsoft and the Freedom to Innovate
Home page for the "Freedom to Innovate Network" (FIN), a "grassroots" group Microsoft formed in response to the antitrust trial filed against it.
Seminar: The Microsoft Case
The Berkman Center's resource on the Microfost anti-trust trial. Includes the text of the findings of fact in multiple formats, links to news coverage, and trial transcripts.
ARTICLES
All MS Settlement Comments Now OnlinePosted by timothy on Saturday March 02, @08:06AM
Slashdot comments on the responses people have made (under the Tunney Act) concerning the Microsoft/DOJ settlement, and the DOJ's response to comments. (3/2/2002 at Slashdot.org)
Allchin: Disclosure May Endanger U.S.
Jim Allchin of Microsoft, at the antitrust trial, claimed that disclosing MS source code could damage national security. "He later acknowledged that some Microsoft code was so flawed it could not be safely disclosed." (5/21/2002 at eWeek)
Antitrust Scrutiny of Business-to-Business Web Sites
Corporations hoping to create business-to-business portals online should be sure take antitrust issues into account. (11/15/2000 at gif.com)
FCC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger
The Federal Communications Commission has given conditioned approval of the AOL-Time Warner merger; full text of their decision, and statements from the FCC commissioners, are available. (1/13/2001 at FCC)
The Findings on Microsoft: The Moment the Press Has Been Waiting for
Numerous links to, and commentary on, articles examining Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings of fact in the Microsoft anti-trust trial. (11/8/1999 at The Industry Standard)
Gates Adopts Siege Mentality
According to a New York Post article, Microsoft hopes for George W. Bush to win the presidency in 2001 and appoint DOJ officials who will drop the anti-trust case against the company. (11/9/1999 at Wired News)
In AOL's Suit Against Microsoft, the Key Word Is Access
AOL has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, on behalf of subsidiary Netscape; AOL is fighting to ensure access to its services via Windows computers. (1/24/2002 at The New York Times)
Industry Group Slams MS School Offer
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) says that Microsoft's settlement proposal for a range of private antitrust suits, under which the corporation would donate computers and software to schools, would further harm consumers. (11/27/2001 at ZDNet)
Internet Content in Peril in Non-competitive World
"The United States is lunging toward a short-to-medium-term future in which one or two companies in any given community will decide what gets delivered, or how quickly or reliably, on the vast majority of high-speed data connections." (1/21/2003 at Siliconvalley.com)
Judge Orders Microsoft To Reveal Code
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered Microsoft to provide source code for Windows, including Windows XP, to states suing the software company, so they can try to prove that creating a pared-down version of Windows is possible. (2/16/2002 at News.com)
Michael Powell V. the Economy
In his tenure at the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell is pushing an agenda of industry consolidation and government deregulation for broadband providers, resulting in higher prices for consumers. (8/27/2002 at The New Republic Online)
Microsoft, Feds Reach a Deal
Microsoft and the Justice Department reached a deal in settlement talks, after the software giant was found guilty of antitrust violations; critics call it a sweetheart deal for Microsoft, and don't expect state attorneys general to go along with it. (11/2/2001 at News.com)
Supreme Court Keeps Copyright Protections
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act; as a result, works from the 1920s will not now, and may never, enter the public domain. (1/15/2003 at Yahoo News)
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