Datel suing Microsoft over Max Memory card lockout

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twesterm said:

And just to reiterate-- as much as some people may wish it, the people at MS are not morons.

Just like I'm sure MS had their lawyers making sure what they did was legal in America, I'm sure they looked into international law too.  Norweighen law may be a mystery to me, but probably not so much Microsoft.

You're right, and also wrong - in as much as plenty of large US centric corporations like MS (and I work for one myself) regularly fall foul of European laws whether for employment, trading infringements or whatever.

The issue always seems to be the lawyers, etc. are in place but corporate decisions are often made US centric or before checking with every single local law team, with the result that they can get caught short - as MS itself knows with its years of hefty fines in Europe.

In the end the fact is that there is no guarantee how different regions might decide.  In US a court might find for MS, while in Europe the opposite could happen.

I do know, at least so far as my company is concerned, they hate European laws and even with billions and billions of dollars of revenue and lots of lawyers, etc. they still get caught by local legal decisions.