Technology and Anti-Trust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3P5_zdkJkU
This is an interview of Gary Reback at the Computer History Museum in California. Gary Reback is best known for spearheading the efforts that led to the federal lawsuit against Microsoft in the late 1990s.
In this interview you will hear about:
- History of anti-trust law/The Sherman Act in the US
- The intent of anti-trust law from Gary Reback's point of view
- Relationship between technological innovation and anti-trust law and government regulation
- Some stories of behind various anti-trust cases (Microsoft, IBM)
- Prediction of ongoing anti-trust and corporate merger issues being reviewed by the government (Google, Ticketmaster)
- Relationship between anti-trust and the financial crisis (too-big-to-fail problem)
- Copyright and patent in the context of anti-trust
- Future of anti-trust laws
Full transcript in English available here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/03/my-interview-with-antitrust-expert-...