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Thursday, March 13, 2003

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Lessig Blog writes about The past is: 'Orin Kerr is a careful and powerful critic (in the good sense of that term) of much in the law of cyberspace. He has posted a careful and powerful criticism of my post yesterday. So too have others. But the line I agree with most strongly in Orin's post is: "the public domain will be best served if Eldred is treated as a launching point for legislative reform, not an example of judicial foul play." Agreed. And as I'm the least qualified person to comment on the matter (as I'm the most biased person who has a view on the matter), my efforts are devoted to the future, not this past. [...] But when two federal judges frame their dissent on the basis of a principle that also frames the petition upon which cert was granted, a certain decency would suggest something more than silence.But I leave it to others to resolve the ethics of judicial principle as they apply to this case. There is lots of work to do that will matter much more.'

Ending Microsoft's abuse of a dominant position -- Comment()
Microsoft violated EU antitrust rules: "European Commission experts have concluded that U.S. software giant Microsoft violated EU antitrust rules, but their proposed remedies need refining to withstand court scrutiny, sources familiar with the case said. The experts have proposed two major requirements--making Microsoft share more proprietary information with its rivals and uncoupling its Media Player audiovisual software from the ubiquitous Windows operating system, sources told Reuters. Both suggested remedies would go beyond changes agreed with the U.S. Justice Department last year after courts found Microsoft had abused its Windows monopoly."