p2pnet - rss feed: RealNetworks sues Microsoft
RealNetworks is suing Microsoft for, in effect, forcing its Windows Media Player software on users - whether they want it or not.
Microsoft, "pursued a broad course of predatory conduct over a period of years by abusing its monopoly power, resulting in substantial lost revenue and business for RealNetworks," RealNetworks is quoted as saying in an Associated Press story here, going on:
"RealNetworks filed the lawsuit against Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft in federal court in San Jose because many of the experts and witnesses who will testify in the case live in Silicon Valley, RealNetworks spokesman Greg Chiemingo said."
RealNetworks is complementary to an ongoing European Commission investigation into Microsoft’s activity involving media playing software and that it was cooperating with the EC, says a Reuters story here.
