<html><body><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>It may be simplistic to look at it this way, but isn't anything that forces you to install certain software, or software from one particular manufacturer, going to fall foul of the EU's competition/antitrust laws? Even if it gets past the Conseil de la Concurrence it's going to be screamed at by the EU, as Microsoft knows well enough already.</div>
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<div>Presumably it would be implemented in France and <EM>then</EM> have to be referred to the EU, but ultimately it's hard to see how this has a long-term future.</div>
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<div >-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Sad day in France<BR>From: Valentin Villenave <v.villenave@gmail.com><BR>Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 6:23 pm<BR>To: Pirate Parties International -- General Talk<BR><A href="mailto:pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net</A><BR><BR><BR>If you want not to be sued, then you have to buy and install the<BR>spyware (and you'll most likely have to buy and install Windows to do<BR>that).<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></span></body></html>