From the Dark Side--M$ Continues to Clean Its Hands in Settling with InterTrust Technologies Corp.

who had sued Microsoft for patent infringement according to this Washington Post's AP article. The lawsuit was over technology which prevents copying of digital content like songs and movies through file sharing. The settlement brought InterTrust $440 million--another M$ "innovation" gone poof.

In fact, this has become a way of doing business for M$. Infringe on others patents and violate antitrust laws, then lose or settle in court and still make more money, gobs of it, as outlined in this CNet.com article. [Dana Baggett]