Battling Bill wins a round
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Microsoft has won an appeal on its internet browser, in a case relating to whether the company has violated a consent decree of 1995 relating to tying software with Windows licensing. The Department of Justice is still involved in a wider case against the company, which denies that it holds monopoly power. There is evidence from e-mails that Microsoft employees have sent that Microsoft was concerned about the success of a browser from Netscape and from the Java programming language. The antitrust case should be pursued since the existence of the case has made Microsoft behave better toward others in the industry.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1998
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Copyrights and copywrongs
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The makers of downloadable software and other copyrighted content maintain that intellectual property law must protect them against unauthorized use and reproduction of their work, but some Internet users and economists argue otherwise. The economics of intellectual property piracy are examined.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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Not off the hook
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The US federal government has announced that it will no longer seek to break up computer software giant Microsoft, but the alternative may be more problematic for Microsoft. It now looks likely that Microsoft will become a regulated monopoly, and this may prove unworkable or hinder innovation.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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