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Psyjack hits the nail on the head
Psyjack raises the key issue here "The companies in question will just make you accept their terms before you can have access to their services".
The question that needs to be raised is whether this issue is an unreasonable and unrelated condition of trade. It is one thing to demand the placing of ads in order to get free or low cost service, but another to demand that you compromise your right to privacy. It has trappings of "We will provide you with heat and hot water if you allow us to store weapons in your apartment" or a sign placed by a landowner "trespassers will be shot". Can the company really require things that are intrusive or unrelated or can the land owner really shoot and possibly kill someone who wanders onto their land.
Vendors should have reasonable limits placed on their requirements for service. Everyone else does, from driving your car to selling your home (cf the civil rights movement). Too much emphasis has been placed on protecting the software providers. Unless the scale is balanced with consumer rights respect for the entire system will decline and with it compliance with the law. It might be good for many of us to attend or contact the hearing group.
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Fer Christ's sake, GOOGLE is who they should be looking at.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/01/06
Isn't that only if you let them  voska | 11/01/06
For now...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/01/06
Sorry everyone hates Microsoft No_Ax.  nomorems | 11/01/06
If you feel the need to be sorry...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/01/06
How so?  DemonX | 11/01/06
How so?  April May | 11/01/06
How do you think those tools are paid for?  rick@... | 11/01/06
That's not what I asked.  April May | 11/02/06
Yes it is  rick@... | 11/02/06
there are no ads  April May | 11/02/06
You damn skippy....  BitTwiddler | 11/01/06
Microsoft respects ALL customers...  Mike Cox | 11/01/06
I'm disappointed....  shawkins | 11/01/06
Hilarious  JackG058 | 11/01/06
m$ RESPECTS POWER AND GREED  mesmd | 11/02/06
Shouldn't we be paid for this?  tic swayback | 11/01/06
We Are Paid  gsquared | 11/01/06
My guess is that Google's funding these groups  John Zern | 11/01/06
Pufft.  nomorems | 11/01/06
Not Google?  ibabadur1 | 11/01/06
% of web searchs  rick@... | 11/01/06
You bust me up.  April May | 11/01/06
Oh Please  rick@... | 11/01/06
If you counted the number of times large companies  April May | 11/02/06
So prove your point  rick@... | 11/02/06
Make no sense.  DemonX | 11/01/06
And  DemonX | 11/01/06
Much like MS was funding SCO?  Taz_z | 11/01/06
Look out John!  Jack-Booted EULA | 11/01/06
MICROSUCKS doing unscrupulous things ? Perish the thought !  BeGoneFool | 11/01/06
well if MS can take the final dive with this  Quebec-french | 11/01/06
Investigate them all  Shelendrea | 11/01/06
Investigate them all for sure!!!  Cayble | 11/01/06
Re: the "public infrastructure"  Bitboy | 11/02/06
Change of wording  Psyjack | 11/01/06
Psyjack hits the nail on the head  jdubow@... | 11/02/06
Online Piracy  bob3160_z | 11/01/06
IBM should help curtail web advertisement  WiredGuy | 11/01/06
Tracking Issue  Security1A | 11/02/06

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