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[COPYRIGHT] 
Microsoft "Smart Tags" Could Violate Law, Attorney Says 
Technology embedded in the upcoming version of Microsoft's Internet 
Explorer browser could run afoul of the law by placing unauthorized links
on privately owned Web sites, an intellectual property attorney said.
Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Robin Gross said that the 
Microsoft "Smart Tag" technology could violate both copyright
law and 
federal rules prohibiting deceptive and unfair business practices. 
Read the article: Newsbytes @ 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166676.html


And of course Ken Starr must get involved:

"Ken Starr, whose firm presents ProComp, an anti Microsoft group,
stated that "the government is going to stay the course" in the
Microsoft case. He also criticized Microsoft's forthcoming XP technology.
He stated that with XP Smart Tags "Microsoft can re-edit anyone's
site." He also said that XP "should be examined through the
lens of traditional antitrust law." The PFF did not include a
Microsoft proponent on the panel."

[MICROSOFT] 
Legal Experts Question Microsoft's New Software 
Despite Microsoft's confidence that it will ultimately prevail in its
federal court battle, critics feel the company is playing with fire in
its 
recent maneuvers. With Microsoft's inclusion of so-called smart tags and
other technologies in the forthcoming Windows XP operating system, legal
experts say the company is practicing the same types of behavior that got
it in trouble in the first place. 
Read the article: ZDNet News @ 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2775911,00.html


MICROSOFT CANS FOREIGN SMART TAGS 
Microsoft has decided not to install the controversial 
browser smart tags in its new Windows XP operating systems 
shipped outside of the US. Protests followed original 
revelations that smart tags would initially be part of the 
product, as some complained that words and phrases on Web 
sites would be tagged without the permission of Web site 
owners. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167127.html