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Media Player Row: Will The EU Read Between The Lines?
News One remedy under consideration is a requirement that Microsoft remove the Windows Media Player (WMP) from the versions of Windows that are distributed within the European Union's jurisdiction. Whereas I devoted a significant amount of research and...
[January 7, 2004, 11:45]
Microsoft Ready To Respond To EU Charges
News Microsoft plans in the coming weeks to file a written response to European Union charges that it abused its monopoly in the operating-system market, according to sources familiar with the matter. However, the commission -- the executive branch of...
[September 30, 2003, 8:40]
Bush Administration Leaps To Microsoft's Defence
News Korea's case follows a massive fine of about €497m (£336m) that the European Union slapped on Microsoft last year. At the time, US politicians from both major political parties protested the European Union's move, saying that it was of the "utmost...
[December 8, 2005, 8:25]
Microsoft May Delay Response To EC
News The EC, the executive arm of the European Union, said last month that Microsoft's abuse of its monopoly was "ongoing", and said it would seek to have Microsoft more fully reveal interoperability details and possibly unbundle the Windows Media...
[September 17, 2003, 14:45]
Still The Waverley Council Site Not Quite Telling The Truth.
Talkback The live streaming media service of the Council of the European Union can be viewed on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms. On which platforms can I view the live streaming media service of the Council of the European Union?
[March 5, 2007, 16:49]
How The EC's Ruling Will Affect Longhorn
News The European Union's decision to force Microsoft to unbundle its media software from Windows could constitute a legal precedent that would affect the company's future products. The decision, handed down by European Competition Commissioner Mario...
[March 24, 2004, 13:15]
Microsoft: We'll Comply With EU Ruling
News We will be offering a version of Windows in the European Union which does not have Windows Media Player. Microsoft has said it will comply with European Commission sanctions and offer a version of Windows without Media Player in the New Year as...
[December 22, 2004, 14:45]
Too Little, Too Late From EU?
News As the European Union considers restrictions aimed at preventing Microsoft from unfairly using its dominance in PC operating systems to gain control of the market for multimedia software, some say the war has already moved on.
[March 8, 2004, 13:30]
Microsoft Prepares Scaled-down Windows For Europe
News The EEA includes the European Union countries as well as Switzerland and Norway. Ordered by European regulators to sell a version of Windows without a built-in media player and denied a stay on Wednesday from an appeals court, Microsoft said it...
[December 23, 2004, 7:35]
Microsoft Gears Up For Another Antitrust Battle
News That same monopoly has been at the root of lawsuits by the federal government, many of the states, the European Union and several private companies, including Sun Microsystems, Be, and Time Warner's Netscape subsidiary.
[December 19, 2003, 12:55]
Real And Microsoft Call A Truce
News RealNetworks has been one of the key companies still pushing for antitrust action against Microsoft, having been a major player in the European Union action. RealNetworks had alleged in its December 2003 lawsuit that Microsoft had abused its...
[October 11, 2005, 19:10]
Linux Firms Adopt Open-source Media Player
News The adoption of the open-source media software by Red Hat and Novell comes against the backdrop of the European Union's ruling against Microsoft, under which the software giant was ordered to separate its competing application, Windows Media...
[June 28, 2004, 16:45]
Ballmer: Don't Stifle Innovation
News Although Microsoft and the European Union appear to be at loggerheads on the issue of future development, Ballmer indicated that there could be an opportunity to settle the case once a European court has weighed in, noting that that's what...
[March 25, 2004, 7:35]
A Tale Of Two Cases
News But concerns about Europe's perspective on antitrust issues arose in the United States in 2001, when the European Union rejected the merger of General Electric and Honeywell, which had been approved by federal authorities.
[March 24, 2004, 15:10]
Microsoft Hits Back At EU
News Last month, the European Union imposed a record $613m (£347m) fine and ordered Microsoft to share more of its technology with competitors and ship a version of its Windows operating system without a media player.
[April 22, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft-EU Antitrust Decision Looms
News After a three-year legal battle, the European Union's Court of First Instance is set to rule on Monday on European Commission regulators' antitrust case against Microsoft. One issue to be addressed by the court deals with whether Microsoft stifled...
[September 17, 2007, 8:15]
Anger As EU Ignores Open-source Video
News Although the EU Council could not be reached immediately for comment, its website stated: "The live streaming media service of the Council of the European Union can be viewed on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms.
[January 3, 2007, 12:17]
Microsoft Coughs Up To Settle Another Legal Saga
News In a separate major legal dispute, the European Union ruled last month that Microsoft has been stifling the markets for server and media software. The deal opens the door for Microsoft to expand the array of antipiracy tools it provides with its...
[April 13, 2004, 8:25]
Microsoft's Legal Problems Not Over Yet
News The European Union's ruling requires Microsoft to provide key technical details to server software makers and to offer a version of Windows without Media Player. Most prominent is the European Union's ongoing pursuit of Microsoft through the courts.
[October 12, 2005, 9:35]
Microsoft Set To Appeal EC Ruling
News One of the areas that Microsoft will pursue as part of its appeal is that the EC decision "infringes its IP rights in Europe" and "runs foul" of World Trade Organisation agreements with the European Union.
[March 24, 2004, 15:55]
