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December 19, 2003

Real sues Microsoft, alleges monopoly abuse

"We're accusing Microsoft of engaging in a broad range of predatory practices to protect their operating system monopoly and to try to create a new monopoly in the digital media space," said David Stewart, deputy general counsel for RealNetworks, in an interview.

RealNetworks accuses Microsoft of unlawful tactics including product bundling, restrictive licensing, exclusive dealing, predatory pricing, refusing to sell unbundled operating systems and discriminatory disclosure and withholding of information needed to interoperate with the Windows operating system, according to a copy of the complaint.[MacWorld]


Good for them! Based on history, of course, it seems unlikely that the courts will offer any significant relief no matter how well Real proves its case.

December 19, 2003 in Web/Tech | Permalink

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