Microsoft Agrees To Contempt Order So It Can Appeal Email Privacy Case

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @12:12AM from the fighting-the-privacy-fight dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft made news some weeks ago for refusing to hand over customer emails stored on its Dublin, Ireland servers to the U.S. government. The district judge presiding over the case agreed with the government and ordered Microsoft to comply with its demands. On Monday, Microsoft struck a deal with the U.S. government in which the company would be held on contempt charges but would not be penalized for it until after the outcome of an appeal. The district judge endorsed the agreement (PDF) on Thursday.

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Re:About Time by rvw · 2014-09-10 00:37 · Score: 5, Interesting

First time I've wanted to actually compliment Mickeysoft on something in years.
You think they're doing this for the right reasons? Wakey wakey!
Right or not - if the EU is too weak to force the US to back down with these laws, maybe money is the way to go.