Computerworld: It's Your Money

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"Let's see if I understand Microsoft's new intellectual property indemnification program correctly: According to Microsoft's announcement last week, the folks in Redmond will cover the cost of litigation when any of its customers are sued because of any Microsoft products that contain copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret infringement. In other words, if Microsoft breaks an intellectual property law and someone decides to sue a Microsoft customer because of it, Microsoft will pay the legal bills.

"That seems fair. After all, customers have been paying Microsoft's legal bills for years..."

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