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Sony: MS already using Seattlement terms to screw us | |
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| Time: 12:20 EST/17:20 GMT | News Source: The Register | Posted By: Julien Jay | ||
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"God, this is going to be good," we thought on spotting Sony's name on the DoJ's 'major contributions' list of public comments. Sony hasn't disappointed. This really quite sensational document opens up a new chapter in the competitive saga, and gives Microsoft a new, wealthy public opponent. Sony is the only Microsoft Windows licensee - in other words, the only Microsoft customer - who's felt brave enough to complain about the service, that the food was cold and that the menu keeps getting more expensive each time they come back. In its comment, Sony accuses Microsoft of using the Seattlement condition for a uniform Windows license (Section III.B) to renegotiate Sony's license in Microsoft's favor. Sony makes explicit its fear that: "Microsoft will use its monopoly power to force its OEM licensees to give up intellectual property rights, thus affording Microsoft the opportunity to expand its power." | ||
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| #1 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 2/17/2002 2:49:49 PM |
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Sony is simply saying that the provision in the settlement that calls for Uniform licensing works against Sony. This is because in the past they have always had clauses in their licenses with Microsoft which protect each others intellectual property.
Microsoft is telling Sony they have no choice, the agreement says that they can only offer uniform licensing. Sony says they can't do a uniform license because the intellectual property issues that they have are different from most other computer companies because of their involvement in the audio/video industry. I've read the Sony comment back to the justice department, and it isn't as damning as the Register makes it sound like. Actually of the 47 comments published, most of them are not as damning against the settlement as the Register would like you to think. There are a few extremists, but most of the intelligent comments simply point to ways to further clarify statements. There was one in particular I liked which stated that the settlement should be expanded to create a chinese wall between the application and OS divisions. Any technical information shared between the groups must be published on the website. i.e. API changes to the OS, middleware, etc. Instead the settlement now simply states that MS has to publish API changes in the final beta, but that doesn't really give others enough time to react. There were also several comments suggesting that MS should be required to publish their file document formats, which I agree with. But then that's an industry wide problem. I think all companies should be required to publish the file format of any data files. |
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