Microsoft’s Whining
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005 at 10:20 amHere is a story on BBC News about Microsoft’s second appeal against restrictions placed on it by the EU for anti-competitive practices.
Microsoft argues that the sanctions violate their intellectual property rights. Intellectual property “rights” are not natural rights they are government granted privileges to encourage contribution to society if someone abuses these to the detriment of others they deserve to have some of their privileges taken away.