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- Microsoft found guilty of abusing power for an unfair advantage in software development
- Charged with using its dominant Windows operating system to force the use of software packages such as Windows Media Player
- European Commission made its first official ruling in 2004
- It has since filed numerous subsequent charges and fines over Microsoft's alleged non-compliance
- Ordered Microsoft to provide competitors with information necessary to develop software compatible with Windows
- Commission imposed upon Microsoft the largest fines in European Union history
- Microsoft's appeal was denied by the Court of First Instance, and fines were upheld
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The European Commission ruled in 2004 that Microsoft had violated European anti-trust laws. A lengthy investigation determined that Microsoft had enacted licensing, royalty and product-integration requirements that granted the company an unfair advantage over competitors. Though Microsoft paid the first court-imposed fine that year, it was charged again for not complying fully with court orders. Microsoft has filed a series of appeals in response to increasing fines by the European Commission.
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Continuing Charges
- March, 2004: European Commission orders Microsoft to pay 497 million Euros ($613 million), the then-largest fine in EU historyCNN.com: Microsoft hit by record EU fine (March 25, 2004)
- December, 2005: Microsoft fined an additional 2 million Euros ($3.04 million) a day for not fully complying with court's orders
- July 12, 2006: Additional 280.5 million Euros ($427 million) per day added for period between December 16, 2005 and June 20, 2006
- September 17, 2007: Microsoft's appeal denied, required to pay the levied 497 million Euros of fines
- February 27, 2008: Fined a further 899 million Euros ($1.4 billion)—the new largest fine in EU history—for continued non-compliance
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