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Racketeering Trial of MS and Best Buy Can Proceed
mcgrew (sm62704) writes with news that the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Microsoft and a unit of Best Buy to dismiss a lawsuit alleging violation of racketeering laws. This means the class-action complaint can go to trial. The case was filed in civil court and the companies, with the US Chamber of Commerce behind them, wanted the Supreme Court to put the brakes on the expanding use of RICO laws in civil filings. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was designed to fight organized crime, but in recent years more than 100 times as many civil as federal RICO cases have been filed.
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If you don't think that Microsoft isn't doing all it can, roping in anyone it can force, jigger, or bribe to join them in their little dance in hell, they should read http://catb.org/~esr/halloween/index.html The Halloween Documents with an open mind.
It's quite evident what MicroSoft wants. What isn't so clear is what the rest of us get out of it.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Awww, did someone not like your story?
First the other conspiracy theorists say that you are crazy (and crazy to them is out of this world...), but now the people on slashdot, who should know good prose (not to mention porn) when they see it (being nerds and all), call out your story for being a waste of time and a possible technique by the company in question to change the topic and make the community instead of you look like fools.
There is a reason we call it anonymous coward.
Thanks for trying to waste our time. Too bad the mods got to you first. So, you failed again. You may now go to bed unsatisfied and unfulfilled.
Have you ever considered posting anonymously, or is this just a temporary account for you?
help me fix this "Terrible" karma, please!