* Marc Perkel wrote (25/10/06 05:22): > Europeans have sued Microsoft many times.
For anti-competitive behaviour, maybe. For copyright infringement, perhaps. But for attracting crime? For discriminating against owners of illegal software? I hope not. If you win, of course, you might take on php, perl and other easy-to-use web scripting languages that allow people to write crime-attracting sites that are easy targets for IRC bots etc. Plenty of scope for the Perkel suing machine. Unless your real gripe is simply that Microsoft a) is successful and b) insists on licensing software. Unfortunately, neither of these things is illegal in any country as far as I can tell. > > Chris Lear wrote: >> * Marc Perkel wrote (23/10/06 19:34): >>> I'm considering filing a lawsuit against Microsoft to try to get an >>> order to make them make public security updates for Windows to >>> everyone, registered or not. >>> >>> The idea is that their product Windows creates a toxic byproduct >>> (spam,ddos zombies) that interfere with everyone else's internet >>> usage and that they have a responsibility to clean it up. It would be >>> similar to a suit where a business that is otherwise legitimate >>> attracts crime in a neighborhood or a manufacturer dumping toxic >>> waste into a stream. >>> >>> Virus infected spam zombie are a toxic byproduct of their business >>> model and it affects all of us and they have a duty to the public to >>> fix it. I'm somewhat of a legal expert, not a lawyer though. But just >>> wanted to get some feedback on the idea. >>> >>> >> >> Only in America... >>
