On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:01:04 -0500 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christoph Simon writes: > > Living in a country where monopolies are ilegal... > > Which country might that be? I'm not a lawyer, so I can't offer you a legal definition of a monopoly, but ask Microsoft about their last big trial and that which still seem to be in process in the EU. Or wasn't that in the end about being a monopoly and taking unfair advantage of it? Here I've got a `provider' who provides nothing than privacy violating filters (causing absurd latencies) and tells me that he'll switch off my internet connection if I don't pay my monthly fee. It's like some protection fee to the mafia. Well, he's a contents provider, but I didn't ask for any of that Microsoft-only crap. Would you think that in the US a judge would accept the unilateral modification of a consumer's contract (Telefônica and Terra did this here), making you pay the double for less? Is there any company in the world which can do that without having the status of a monopoly? -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
