MS is not asking that you remove reader's comments, it is asking that you remove copyrighted material. It is not an issue about freedom of speech or trade secrets, it is about copyright.
I have 15 years experience as a lawyer, and I have dealt with several copyright and intellectual property cases in my time. I have to agree, as much as I loathe M$ and all, this issue is *not* about free speech, and will not be defensible in court on that basis. Just remove the copyrighted text that came from M$, leave all the reader comments on the site (which are protected by law), and you will be fine.
Hang on people...I don't like that Diamond Rio crap either...but there is a PJB100 MP3 player available from MP3 Factory Direct that holds 4 Gigabytes of data. Yes 4 gigabytes. I have like 900 mp3s on mine, all high quality. This thing rocks. Check it out. It kicks the crap out of the 64 MB ones with switchable flash cards.
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I have 15 years experience as a lawyer, and I have dealt with several copyright and intellectual property cases in my time. I have to agree, as much as I loathe M$ and all, this issue is *not* about free speech, and will not be defensible in court on that basis. Just remove the copyrighted text that came from M$, leave all the reader comments on the site (which are protected by law), and you will be fine.
Hang on people...I don't like that Diamond Rio crap either...but there is a PJB100 MP3 player available from MP3 Factory Direct that holds 4 Gigabytes of data. Yes 4 gigabytes. I have like 900 mp3s on mine, all high quality. This thing rocks. Check it out. It kicks the crap out of the 64 MB ones with switchable flash cards.