(Finally, the right people are paying. That is, AOL Time Warner's shareholders are footing the burden for an antitrust suit, not taxpayers. --Declan, grumpy in Barcelona) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:25:30 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <montyat_private> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Netscape Files Suit Against Microsoft For Violations of the Antitrust Laws Netscape Files Suit Against Microsoft For Violations of the Antitrust Laws Jan 22, 2002 04:03 PM DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2002--Netscape Communications Corporation today announced it has filed suit in the United States Federal District Court in the District of Columbia against Microsoft Corporation to seek redress for Microsoft's anticompetitive conduct against Netscape, a subsidiary of America Online. This anticompetitive conduct also formed the basis of the government's antitrust case against Microsoft. A Federal District Court concluded on June 7, 2000, and the Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed on June 28th, 2001, that Microsoft's behavior violated the antitrust laws and had harmed Netscape. The seven-count lawsuit alleges that, beginning in 1995, Microsoft harmed Netscape in a series of illegal acts aimed at promoting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser at the expense of Netscape Navigator, the innovative Web browser widely credited with having been the catalyst for consumer adoption of the Internet. The suit seeks injunctive relief sufficient to prevent further antitrust injury to Netscape, and an award of treble damages to be determined at trial. .... http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=25986887 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events: Congreso Nacional de Periodismo Digital in Huesca, Spain from Jan. 17-18 (http://www.congresoperiodismo.com) and the Second International Conference on Web-Management in Diplomacy in Malta from Feb. 1-3. (http://www.diplomacy.edu/Web/conference2/) -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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