Microsoft on Friday denied that it illegally used its desktop computer operating system monopoly to hurt digital media rivals, responding to civil antitrust charges brought by archrival RealNetworks. In a 31-page legal filing, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant argued that RealNetworks has suffered no injury as a result of its conduct, which it defended as "permissible competitive activity." Microsoft added that there is little evidence of slackening competition in the digital media market, noting that products from RealNetworks and others continue to share widesapread usage with its own Windows Media Player
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