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[Calvin Powers <calvin AT cspowers.com>]

I would view Smart Tags as Microsoft harassing me. Here I am browsing a web 
site, minding my own business, and Microsoft intercepts the pages and adds 
links that trick me into going to another web site.

It's like I'm walking down the street and Bill Gates keeps jumping in front 
of me every two or three steps trying to force me down another street.



At 10:53 AM 6/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>         Here are some:
>
> [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
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